Officials: No new active cases

An Aurora middle school has been given the all-clear after a tuberculosis scare triggered a public health investigation in January.

In its last round of testing, which included all 800 students and staff from Aurora Hills Middle School, Denver Public Health and the Tri-county Healthy Department found no new individuals sick with TB, the agencies announced Friday in a news release.

This marks the end of testing for students and staff members, said Denver Public Health spokeswoman Rachel Brand.

Several people have been identified with the TB infection, which is not contagious to others, the news release said. Those infected are being treated at the Denver Metro TB Clinic to prevent them from “developing active and potentially contagious TB in the future,” the health agencies said.

Tuberculosis is caused by germs spread between people through the air. Most people who are exposed to TB do not get infected. Those who do can experience chronic cough, fever, unexplained weight loss or night sweats that could last for weeks, health officials said.

Denver Public Health said at the end of February that it hadn’t found anyone sick at Aurora Hills Middle School, so there was no risk of the disease spreading.

For more information on tuberculosis, go to the Denver Metro Tuberculosis Clinic’s website. Anyone exhibiting symptoms should contact a primary care provider. The clinic provides treatment for free. To talk to someone by phone, call 303-389-1687.