Health officials warn of TB case on bus that stopped in Springs

People who rode an interstate bus on Aug. 3 or Aug. 9 are at a small risk of having contracted tuberculosis from an infected passenger, health departments from Colorado and two other states warned today.

The bus originated in El Paso, Texas, and traveled to Greeley, with the infected passenger getting on board in Albuquerque, said the joint announcement from the Colorado, Texas and New Mexico health departments.

It made stops in Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver, among other stops in Texas and New Mexico.

The same passenger boarded the same bus in Greeley on Aug. 9 and rode it back to Albuquerque.

Only passengers who rode the bus on those two dates were at risk for being exposed, said the announcement.

TB is an infectious disease that can be spread through the air when someone with the active form of the disease coughs, sneezes, speaks or sings.

It weakens the lungs and can be deadly if untreated.


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