San Diego County Warns of Potential Tuberculosis Exposure at YMCA

SAN DIEGO—People who visited the YMCA branch in Mission Valley between March and October may have been exposed to tuberculosis (TB), according to county health officials. County Health and Human Services Agency officials said the exposures may have occurred between March 5 and Oct. 30 at the branch located at 5505 Friars Road, generally during the hours of 9 and 11 a.m. Health officials said they were working with the YMCA to notify members of potential exposures. “Members who are believed to have had the longest cumulative duration of exposure during those time periods have been notified individually,” according to the county. “Symptoms of active TB include persistent cough, fever, night sweats and unexplained weight loss,” Dr. Wilma Wooten, county public health officer, said in a statement. “Most people who become infected after exposure to tuberculosis do not get sick right away. This is called latent TB infection. Some who become infected with TB will become ill in the future, sometimes even years later, if their latent TB infection is not treated. Blood tests and skin tests are effective to determine whether someone has been infected.”...