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County public health: no evidence of school spread after TB case, tests ongoing
Summary
Ventura County Public Health told the Santa Paula Unified board that testing of contacts after an active tuberculosis case at a district school found no evidence of in-school transmission; the county completed on-site testing with 97% results and plans repeat testing in about 10 weeks.
Ventura County Public Health Officer Dr. Aldine Castell told the Santa Paula Unified School District board that the county investigated an active tuberculosis (TB) case identified in one district school and, after testing close contacts, found no evidence that the disease spread within the school.
"There was no evidence of any transmission in the school," Castell said, adding that contact testing had returned results for about 97% of those identified and that the county will perform a follow-up blood test about 10 weeks after the initial screen.
Castell gave the board a brief primer on TB,…
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