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San Diego County warns of possible tuberculosis exposures in local jails
Paul Sisson
Two confirmed cases of tuberculosis in local jails elevated the risk of exposure at three government buildings in July and early August, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency announced Friday.
Citing a desire to protect patient privacy, public health officials declined to say much about the two cases, or where the chance of exposure was greatest, but asked anyone who may have been exposed to reach out for more detailed information.
?We do have more specific locating information, and if people call and tell us where they were, we can tell them if it overlaps,? said Dr. Susannah Graves, chief of the county?s Tuberculosis Control Program.
Graves added that public health investigations have established no link between the two cases, which were detected during routine jail screenings.
The locations include the Vista Detention Facility, the North County Court Services and the Las Colinas Detention Center in Santee...
San Diego County warns of possible tuberculosis exposures in local jails
Paul Sisson
Two confirmed cases of tuberculosis in local jails elevated the risk of exposure at three government buildings in July and early August, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency announced Friday.
Citing a desire to protect patient privacy, public health officials declined to say much about the two cases, or where the chance of exposure was greatest, but asked anyone who may have been exposed to reach out for more detailed information.
?We do have more specific locating information, and if people call and tell us where they were, we can tell them if it overlaps,? said Dr. Susannah Graves, chief of the county?s Tuberculosis Control Program.
Graves added that public health investigations have established no link between the two cases, which were detected during routine jail screenings.
The locations include the Vista Detention Facility, the North County Court Services and the Las Colinas Detention Center in Santee...