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Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Students test negative for TB

It looks like a Georgia high school student who tested positive for tuberculosis did not give it to other students. Health officials notified Kennesaw Mountain High School in Cobb County in July that a rising sophomore tested positive for TB. The school sent letters to about 100 students who had classes or rode the bus with the student. None of them tested positive. Tuberculosis is a disease caused by a bacteria which usually attack the lungs.

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