Tuberculosis in Kindergarten and Primary School, Europe, 2008–2009

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Filia, Antonietta ; Ciarrocchi, Giuseppe ; Belfiglio, Rossana ; Caferri, Monaldo ; Bella, Antonino ; Piersimoni, Claudio ; Cirillo, Daniela ; Grilli, Gualtiero ; Mancini, Cristina ; Greco, Donato
• Description:
  An outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in Europe involved 19 schoolchildren with active TB and 43 with latent infection. The source of the outbreak was a school assistant born in Europe who had a family history of TB. This outbreak highlights the need for maintaining clinical and public health expertise in countries with low TB incidence.
• Subjects:
  Adult Bacteria Child, Preschool Children Contact Tracing Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Europe Female Humans Incidence Kindergarten Male Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Outbreak Primary School Schools Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary Tuberculosis And Other Mycobacteria

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(3):514-516.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0cee88b6b354bc7430ac0d187b6db59bef8437fd09c5a9dcaa0379557ed775b0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18481/cdc_18481_DS1.pdf
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