Man with Tb Identified: ; Patient Is Son-in-Law of Cdc Microbiologist

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ATLANTA - A globe-trotting Atlanta lawyer with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis was allowed back into the U.S. by a border inspector who disregarded a computer warning to stop him and don protective gear, officials said Thursday.

The inspector has been removed from border duty.

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Man with Tb Identified: ; Patient Is Son-in-Law of Cdc Microbiologist

The unidentified inspector explained that he was no doctor but that the infected man seemed perfectly healthy and that he thought the warning was merely "discretionary," officials briefed on the case told The Associated Press. They spoke o...

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