(KAIR)--Benedictine College officials confirm a faculty member has tested positive for tuberculosis.
Director of Student Health Services, Janet Adrian said in a campus wide e-mail alert, the individual will recover fully from the condition, but steps are being taken to prevent any further cases.
Adrian said 23 individuals have been identified for possible exposure to TB, and they are in the process of testing all of them. However, she added transmission of TB from one person to another is extremely rare and only those with lengthy, close contact with an infections person are at risk.
For this reason, Adrian said evacuating the campus is not necessary because such a limited number of individuals have the potential to contract TB.
BC isn’t the only school in the area facing a confirmed Tuberculosis case.
Last Monday health officials at the University of Kansas revealed a student tested positive for TB.
The Associated Press reported nearly 50 KU students required TB screenings after the reported case.
AP said the student, who lives alone off campus, contracted the disease while in his home country outside the United States.
For more information on how TB is spread, visit the Center for Disease Control website here.
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