Emerging Illnesses

• CDC Monkeypox website
• Arizona Department of Health Services Monkeypox Website

• TB Testing Record
• Signs and Symptoms Checklist
• HIPAA Acknowledgement of Privacy Practices
• TB Skin Test Information Sheet (TST)

Mohave County Department of Public Health continues to work closely with Bullhead City School District and the individuals who were identified as being potentially exposed to an active TB case at Diamondback Elementary School.

Tuberculosis is an illness caused by bacteria resulting in an infection that typically affects the lungs. Information from the American Pulmonary Association states, “It is not easy to contract an infection of tuberculosis.” Usually, a person must have close contact with the infected person for a substantial length of time to get TB. Casual and limited contact with a person with active TB is not enough for someone to pass it on to others. Tuberculosis infection and disease can be cured with medication. 

For more information, please visit the links below:

• Tuberculosis Information – CDC
• Tuberculosis Information - ADHS

If you have additional questions regarding TB, you can email our Public Health Nurse team at askanurse@mohave.gov
(Responses time: 24-48 hours, Monday – Friday) or call our TB line at 928-753-8665 Monday-Friday 8am-5pm.

For evening and weekends, please call the Poison Control Center at 520-626-6016.

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