TB Risk

Written by 107.5 Kiss FM Thursday, 28 May 2009
Health officials in B.C. and Alberta say passengers who took two Greyhound buses from Lethbridge, Alta. to Kelowna on Monday may have been exposed to tuberculosis. The B.C. Centre for Disease Control and the Interior Health Authority, as well as health officials in Alberta, are trying to identify passengers who were on Greyhound buses 5164 and 5155 on May 24. They say a person with an infectious case of TB took Greyhound bus 5164 from Lethbridge to Calgary on May 24, and then bus 5155 from Calgary to Kelowna that same day. The sick person is now getting treatment in Kelowna and health officials want to track down other passengers on the buses to screen them for the disease. They say passengers who were on both buses may be at some risk of exposure and should call health agencies for testing, although the officials say there's no health risk to the general public. Tuberculosis can appear gradually, with symptoms including fever, cough, loss of appetite, night sweats and chills. (The Canadian Press)