Thread: AZ-Tuberculosis reported in City of Maricopa

Tuberculosis reported in City of Maricopa
July 31st, 2008, 2:37 pm posted by Jason Massad
Pinal County public health officials are investigating people who came in contact with a child who was found to have an active case of tuberculosis in the city of Maricopa.

The child, who was from Ethopia where tuberculosis is common, spent time living in Maricopa before moving to Washington state three months ago, according to health officials.

Some children came in contact with the child in a preschool and are being tested for the infection.
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“People usually do not become infected through casual contact such as being in the same open area, like a grocery store,â€

Has this youngster been brought here illegally?

Originally Posted by vortex

Has this youngster been brought here illegally?

Yeah , something as serious as this , more information would be good .
Think i'll try and find some !!

Why wasn't this child screened by the local school system? This school system would have sent an American child home with lice, measles, chickpox, or etc. Why did they permit this? They need a class action lawsuit brought against them.

All school systems if they are going to permit undocumented people into their schools I believe a clean bill of health is in order, then.

http://tinyurl.com/5z72bf check up screening for maricopa .NP

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TUBERCULOSIS CONTACTS UNDER INVESTIGATION IN MARICOPA

Filed Under City News, Health News

FLORENCE, AZ – The Pinal County Public Health Services District is actively investigating people who came in contact with a child who was discovered to have had active infectious tuberculosis (TB) while in the Maricopa area of Pinal County. The child, originally from Ethiopia where TB is common, spent some time living in Maricopa before moving to the state of Washington three months ago. Washington health officials are ensuring that the child receives appropriate medical treatment and notified Pinal County Health officials as soon as it was determined that the child had active tuberculosis.
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It is unfortunate that Tb was brought to the area supposedly by the child from Ethiopia. Are we sure this child was infected before coming here? It is a very big problem in Mexico and our border towns. I know that Maricopa is a farming area and most farmers have the illegal cheap labor from Mexico.