Multipronged Approach to Controlling a Tuberculosis Outbreak Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness

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• Alternative Title:
  J Public Health Manag Pract
• Personal Author:
  Muloma, Eva ; Stewart, Rebekah ; Townsend, Helen ; Koch, Sarah ; Burkholder, Sarah ; Railey, Shanica ; White, Kelly ; Redington-Noble, Rachel ; Caine, Virginia
• Description:
  In May 2009, the Marion County Public Health Department in Indiana declared a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak among persons experiencing homelessness in Marion County, began active case finding to detect additional cases, and formed a TB outbreak response team to plan and coordinate outbreak activities. Outbreak-associated cases had 1 of 2 outbreak genotypes and either reported experiencing homelessness themselves or had an epidemiologic link to a shelter or a person experiencing homelessness. The last of 53 outbreak-associated cases was detected in 2019 after more than 2 years without a case. The Marion County Public Health Department continues to address TB-related issues and implement prevention measures at homeless shelters and among persons experiencing homelessness in 2019. This example, in addition to other published guidance, can be used by jurisdictions to plan and implement their own TB outbreak prevention and response activities among persons experiencing homelessness.
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Housing Humans Ill-Housed Persons Social Problems Tuberculosis
• Source:
  J Public Health Manag Pract. 28(2):199-202
• Pubmed ID:
  32956287
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8576823
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3d8a7389a7212dbfc41c399362e5f6ad305124c8d626e3ea4d0b5902c368ec8d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/111473/cdc_111473_DS1.pdf
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