San Diego County tracks TB exposure at UCSD, Chula Vista High, East Mesa Facility

San Diego County's Tuberculosis Control Program is tracking three unrelated cases of tuberculosis at UC San Diego, the Sweetwater Union High School District and…

San Diego County 's Tuberculosis Control Program on Thursday is tracking three unrelated cases of tuberculosis at UC San Diego, the Sweetwater Union High School District and the San Diego County Sheriff's Office.At UCSD, the county and university are alerting people who may have been exposed to someone with the illness from July 1, 2023 to March 20, 2024.

TB is a disease transmitted from person-to-person through inhalation of the bacteria from the air. The bacteria are spread when someone sick with TB coughs, speaks, sings or breathes. People with frequent and prolonged indoor exposure to a person who is sick with TB should get tested.

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