A yearlong tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, has surprised local health experts. The outbreak, which began in January 2024, has resulted in two deaths and a significant increase in active TB cases. While health officials emphasize that there is no threat to the general public, the outbreak serves as a stark warning about the resurgence of this infectious disease.
This 1966 microscope photo, provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shows Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli, the organism responsible for causing the disease tuberculosis.
The outbreak has killed two people since it started in January 2024, Kansas state health department spokeswoman Jill Bronaugh said. Health officials in Kansas say there is no threat to the general public.TB is caused by bacteria that lives in the people’s lungs and spreads through the air when they talk, cough or sing. It is very infectious, but only spreads when a person has symptoms.
The state’s provisional 2024 count shows 79 active TB cases and 213 latent cases in the two counties where the outbreak is happening, Wyandotte and Johnson. Not all of those are linked to the outbreak and Bronaugh did not respond to requests for clarification.
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