INCIDENT Johns Hopkins School of Medicine researchers recommend that funeral home workers take the same precautions as medical workers to prevent transmission of the sometimes-fatal disease. The 35-year-old dead man had AIDS as well as an active infection of tuberculosis, which is transmitted by tiny particles of respiratory secretions that can hang in the air for hours. DNA fingerprinting established that the embalmer's TB came from the dead man, said researcher Dr. Timothy Sterling. During embalming, the blood is drained and preservative fluids are injected into the body under pressure. Secretions sometimes become airborne when fluids gurgle through the corpse's mouth and nose or when […]