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CDC Searching For People Exposed to TB on Airplanes
(2007-05-29)
ATLANTA, GA (Associated Press) - Federal health officials say a man with a rare form of tuberculosis has been placed in quarantine by the U-S government, after possibly exposing passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month.

The infected man flew from Atlanta to Paris on May 12th aboard Air France Flight 385. He returned to North America on May 24th aboard Czech Air Flight 104 from Prague to Montreal. The man then drove into the United States.

The Centers for Disease Control is urging people on the same flights to get checked for tuberculosis.

Officials say the man cooperated with authorities after learning he had an unusually dangerous form of T-B. They also say he voluntarily went to a hospital and is not facing prosecution.

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