Was considered extinct in Germany: Farmer family infected with rare disease - secondary school affected

A rare infectious disease was detected in a child from the northern district at the end of December.

The child attends the Geretsried secondary school.

Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen

- The

diagnosis

was made "after

the

bacterium had

been detected

in a

cattle herd

and the

veterinary office had passed

this on to the health department", said the

press spokeswoman for the district office

, Sabine Schmid,

on Tuesday

.

All cattle in the herd

were killed

due to a

large number of positive cases

and the carcasses disposed of.

The operation, about which the district authority does not provide any details, was closed after the first discovery, so that neither meat nor milk came into circulation as food.

Tuberculosis outbreak in the district: Two people from the family tested positive

In the course of the examination of

the child's family

,

two people tested positive

, "they are also receiving medical treatment," said Schmid.

And: In the case of a TB certificate, "the contact minutes of each individual contact in the three months before the test are added up and it is checked who had more than

40 hours of contact

with the infected person, the Geretsried secondary school was informed".

Tuberculosis outbreak in the district: Other classes are not affected

On

Monday evening, the health department

informed

all

affected parents and teachers

about the current situation in a video conference.

According to Schmid, there was an opportunity to ask the experts questions.

The child's classmates and the teachers are also tested for safety's sake.

Other classes are not affected, as the contact time was significantly below - not least as a result of the infection protection regulations due to the corona pandemic.

Tuberculosis outbreak in the district: Germany "officially free from bovine tuberculosis"

"Bovine tuberculosis occurs very rarely in our latitudes," explains the spokeswoman for the district office.

Germany is “officially free from bovine tuberculosis”, so it is still

unclear how the pathogen was introduced into the animal population.

A transmission of the disease from

cattle to humans is "very unusual"

.

People react very differently to the bacterium, in the majority of cases the disease does not break out.

If this does happen, “it usually takes a long time”.

Schmid: "It is only contagious if, as in the specific case, it is open tuberculosis."

Outbreak of tuberculosis: “Low” contagiousness

Proof in humans is via the so-called sputum, that is, the sputum produced, for example, when coughing.

“The child's sputum was examined.

The bacterium could only be detected culturally, that is, cultivated. ”According to Schmid, the bacterium was not directly visible under the microscope:“ It can therefore be assumed that the infection is low. ”

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