http://sfist.com/2009/04/20/hundreds_of_berkeley_students_scree.php All comments for Hundreds of Berkeley Students Screened For TB en-us 2009 SFist_Brock Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:14:45 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss brochtrup@gmail.com brochtrup@gmail.com 60 http://sfist.com/2009/04/20/hundreds_of_berkeley_students_scree.php#comment-1641130 http://sfist.com/2009/04/20/hundreds_of_berkeley_students_scree.php#comment-1641130 Comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:44:29 -0800 <p>TB is not a virus! Tuberculosis is a pulmonary bacterial infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. And it CAN be spread by casual and brief contact, such as coughing. </p>