A person affiliated with Commack High School on Long Island has been diagnosed with tuberculosis.
Authorities would not say if the afflicted person is a student or staff member.
The school district says on its website that the unidentified person is receiving treatment. It cites the Suffolk County Health Department saying there is no further risk of transmission.
A letter was mailed to the parents of all high school students and each high school staff member.
The county Health Department will hold meetings with parents on Thursday and Friday night in the high school auditorium.
The disease is caused by an infection transmitted through the air by a person with active TB.
Symptoms include a bad cough that lasts more than three weeks, night sweats and coughing up blood or phlegm.
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