Details:

Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Filia, Antonietta ; Ciarrocchi, Giuseppe ; Belfiglio, Rossana ; Caferri, Monaldo ; Bella, Antonino ; ... More +
Filia, Antonietta ; Ciarrocchi, Giuseppe ; Belfiglio, Rossana ; Caferri, Monaldo ; Bella, Antonino ; Piersimoni, Claudio ; Cirillo, Daniela ; Grilli, Gualtiero ; Mancini, Cristina ; Greco, Donato Less -
Description:
An outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in Italy involved 19 schoolchildren with active TB and 43 with latent infection. The source of the outbreak was a school assistant born in Italy 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.
Subject:
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Adult
Bacteria
Child, Preschool
Children
Contact Tracing
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Female
Humans
Incidence
Italy
Kindergarten
Male
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Outbreak
Primary School
Schools
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Tuberculosis And Other Mycobacteria
Dispatch

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 17(3):514-516.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:0cee88b6b354bc7430ac0d187b6db59bef8437fd09c5a9dcaa0379557ed775b0
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