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Archive Home > 2007 > June > 20 > Quarantine? Is area ready for an outbreak?

Quarantine? Is area ready for an outbreak?

Health officials say they're prepared to help, and isolate, infected people

By Kayley Mendenhall / The Bulletin
June 20, 2007

A year or two ago, a transient person in Deschutes County was diagnosed with tuberculosis — a bacterial infection that spreads from person to person through the air.

The patient was in and out of hotel rooms, moving from place to place and making treatment difficult to manage, said....

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