More at Inside Bay Area: “BERKELEY, Calif.—City officials say a student at the University of California, Berkeley has been diagnosed with tuberculosis.
The Berkeley Division of Public Health and the University's health services are contacting about 225 students and faculty who may have been in close contact with the infected student.
Health officials say tuberculosis can spread when someone with the disease coughs or sneezes and people in close contact "directly inhale the TB germs over an extended period of time."
Officials say brief or casual contact with an infected person does not spread the disease.”
The Berkeley Division of Public Health and the University's health services are contacting about 225 students and faculty who may have been in close contact with the infected student.
Health officials say tuberculosis can spread when someone with the disease coughs or sneezes and people in close contact "directly inhale the TB germs over an extended period of time."
Officials say brief or casual contact with an infected person does not spread the disease.”
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