Health Officials Seek Passengers Who Shared Flight With TB Victim


	Health Officials Seek Passengers Who Shared Flight With TB Victim

hsienlei

5-30-2007 6:23 PM

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tb, tuberculosis, health, disease

hsienlei says:

Just over 10 years ago, I was on a flight with someone who had infectious TB. I had a false positive skin test which led to me needing chest X-rays. Very scary.

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