Students and faculty at Kapiolani Community College and Hawaii Pacific University will be tested for tuberculosis due to possible exposure from a student who is being treated for the disease.

About 95 people from KCC and 120 people from HPU will be tested, according to the state Department of Health.

The testing will occur this week at KCC, and begins April 2 at HPU.

"The student with tuberculosis is not in school, and doing well under treatment at our clinic," said Richard Brostrom, chief of the DOH Tuberculosis Control Branch, in a news release. "Tuberculosis usually requires many hours of close indoor contact to spread to others, so the department will be testing students and faculty who shared the same classroom with the ill student. The school screening represents an extra measure of safety for the individuals, their families, and the community."

For more information on tuberculosis or TB testing, residents can call 832-5731 or visit www.hawaii.gov/health/tb.