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New local data on the contagious disease that won?t go away | King County Public Health
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Every week in King County, an average of two residents are diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB). Currently an estimated 100,000 King County residents are infected with the bacterium that causes TB; and while the microbe lies dormant it may reactivate over time (which is known as ?latent TB?)...
..As a crossroads for global trade and migration, the Seattle region has higher rates of active TB cases than the national average. Newly released data for 2014 show the numbers of TB locally are relatively stable. We currently have the lowest recorded TB rate for King County, which reflects a longer term trend of keeping TB under control.?TB continues to be a threat locally but is a curable disease requiring a strong Tuberculosis Program and community partnerships to ensure we are able to promptly identify, diagnose, treat and monitor all persons with active TB in King County,? said Dr. Jeff Duchin, Interim Health Officer for Public Health - Seattle & King County. ?Curing people and protecting the public at large by preventing community spread of TB is the mission of the Tuberculosis Program.?...
New local data on the contagious disease that won?t go away | King County Public Health
Today at 2:00PM
Every week in King County, an average of two residents are diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB). Currently an estimated 100,000 King County residents are infected with the bacterium that causes TB; and while the microbe lies dormant it may reactivate over time (which is known as ?latent TB?)...
..As a crossroads for global trade and migration, the Seattle region has higher rates of active TB cases than the national average. Newly released data for 2014 show the numbers of TB locally are relatively stable. We currently have the lowest recorded TB rate for King County, which reflects a longer term trend of keeping TB under control.?TB continues to be a threat locally but is a curable disease requiring a strong Tuberculosis Program and community partnerships to ensure we are able to promptly identify, diagnose, treat and monitor all persons with active TB in King County,? said Dr. Jeff Duchin, Interim Health Officer for Public Health - Seattle & King County. ?Curing people and protecting the public at large by preventing community spread of TB is the mission of the Tuberculosis Program.?...