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CDC Seeks Those Who Sat Near TB Patient

Thursday, May 31, 2007 5:23:45 AM
By MIKE STOBBE

Dr. Charles Daley, head of infectious disease at the National Jewish Hospital, talks about the treatment of a Georgia man suffering from a dangerous form of tuberculosis, during a news conference at the hospital in Denver, Wednesday, May 30, 2007. The man is under a U.S. government-ordered quarantine in an Atlanta hospital because the bacteria is so dangerous. He is scheduled to be treated at National Jewish Hospital. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials in North America and Europe sought passenger lists Wednesday for two trans-Atlantic airline flights in their effort to find about 80 people who sat near a honeymooner infected with a dangerous drug-resistant form of tuberculosis.

Authorities also disclosed that the man was on several flights between various European locales over the course of two weeks earlier this month. Passengers lists for those flights were also being tracked down, they said.

"The investigation is just beginning. It's very challenging," said Dr. Martin Cetron, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's division of global migration and quarantine.


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