March 21, 2025

DOH-Lake Hosts World Tuberculosis Day Event

Contact:

Noelda Lopez, Public Information Specialist

Noelda.Lopez@flhealth.gov

Office: 352-589-6424, After Hours: 352-729-1754

Eustis, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Lake County (DOH-Lake) invites the community to attend the World Tuberculosis (TB) Day Public Health Educational Outreach event on Monday, March 24, 2025. Educational materials will be available and TB skin tests will be offered for a fee of $50 per test. A TB blood test will also be available for a fee of $70 per test.

The event will be held from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the following location:

TB is caused by a bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis that usually attacks the lungs, but can attack any part of the body, including the kidney, spine, and brain. Latent TB can live within the body without making you sick. People with latent TB do not have symptoms, are not infectious, and cannot make others sick.

For more information, please contact the Florida Department of Health in Lake County at 352- 771-5500 option 2 or visit the Department’s website.

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