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DARBY, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- The Delaware County Health Department says a idiosyncratic astatine Penn Wood Middle School successful the William Penn School District has tested affirmative for tuberculosis.
Representatives are moving to place students and unit of the Darby schoolhouse who mightiness person been exposed to the illness.
The wellness section stresses that students and unit tin proceed progressive learning successful the schoolhouse mounting due to the fact that TB is not arsenic contagious arsenic the flu and requires extended adjacent interaction (around astatine slightest 15 hours of interaction per week) to spread.
"The important archetypal measurement is to place adjacent contacts of the idiosyncratic who was infected. Those identified arsenic adjacent contacts are being notified by the Health Department for investigating arrangements," the DCHD said successful a connection released Monday.
TB bacteria dispersed done the aerial from 1 idiosyncratic to another. When a idiosyncratic with TB illness of the lungs oregon pharynx coughs, speaks, oregon sings, TB bacteria tin get into the air. People adjacent whitethorn respire successful these bacteria and go infected.
TB is NOT dispersed by:
- shaking someone's hand
- sharing nutrient oregon drink
- touching furniture linens oregon toilet seats
- sharing toothbrushes
- kissing
When a idiosyncratic breathes successful TB bacteria, the bacteria tin settee successful the lungs and statesman to grow. From there, they tin determination done the humor to different parts of the body, specified arsenic the kidney, spine, and brain.
TB illness successful the lungs oregon pharynx tin beryllium infectious. This means that the bacteria tin dispersed to different people. TB successful different parts of the body, specified arsenic the kidney oregon spine, is usually not infectious.
People with TB illness are astir apt to dispersed it to radical they walk clip with each day. This includes household members, friends, and coworkers oregon schoolmates.
Parents with concerns should telephone the Delaware County Health Department Wellness Line, disposable Monday done Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., by telephone astatine (484) 276 - 2100 oregon by email astatine DelcoWellness@co.delaware.pa.us.
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