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CO: TB exposure at Aurora Hills Middle School

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Source: https://www.9news.com/article/news/...chool/73-0be9427b-a0bd-4f6d-8138-025e7ef1c9a3

Students and staff may have been exposed to tuberculosis at Aurora middle school
There is no ongoing risk for TB exposure, per school officials, but some students and staff at Aurora Hills Middle School may have been exposed to the largely-eradicated disease over the fall semester.
Author: Jacob Rodriguez
Published: 12:31 PM MST January 16, 2019
Updated: 1:09 PM MST January 16, 2019

AURORA, Colo. ? Students and staff at Aurora Hills Middle School may have been exposed to a person with tuberculosis, a largely-eradicated disease, over the course of the fall 2018 semester, according to a message sent home to parents.

Officials said there is no ongoing risk of exposure to the once-torturous disease at the school.

Since Jan. 15, school officials said they have been working to contact people who've potentially been exposed to TB to let them know they might need to get tested. If you aren't contacted by Jan. 18, the school says, then you or your student were likely not exposed...
 
Source: https://www.9news.com/article/news/...chool/73-1d3051f8-4a28-4218-b586-49d6fbf1b530

Some people infected with tuberculosis after exposure at Aurora school
As a result of these positive tests, all students and staff who were at Aurora Hills Middle School during the fall semester will be tested.
Author: Janet Oravetz
Published: 7:53 AM MST February 28, 2019
Updated: 8:08 AM MST February 28, 2019

AURORA, Colo. ? All students and staff who were at Aurora Hills Middle School during the fall semester will now be tested for tuberculosis after a new round of testing showed some people who were exposed to TB were infected, Denver Public Health said.

Initial testing in January did not show that anyone got infected with TB at the school. However, repeat testing last week of the same people who were exposed showed that some have been infected, but none of them are sick, a news release from Denver Public Health said...
 
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