According to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency a person at Helix Charter School was diagnosed with tuberculosis recently.
HHSA is working with school officials to contact anyone who may have been in contact with the person between August 5 and November 13.
Free testing for students at the school will take place December 1.
Symptoms of active TB include persistent cough, fever, night sweats and unexplained weight loss.
“Most people who are exposed to TB do not develop the disease, but those that do develop symptoms can be treated and cured with medication,” said Wilma Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., County public health officer. “That’s why it’s important to identify those who have been exposed.”
TB is not uncommon in San Diego, but the numbers have decreased in the last several years. So far this year 184 cases have been reported in the county.
For more information on this potential exposure, call the County TB Control Program at (619) 692-8621.
