Tuberculosis Outbreak in a Primary School, Milan, Europe

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Faccini, Marino ; Codecasa, Luigi Ruffo ; Ciconali, Giorgio ; Cammarata, Serafina ; Borriello, Catia Rosanna ; De Gioia, Costanza ; Za, Alessandro ; Marino, Andrea Filippo ; Vighi, Valentina ; Ferrarese, Maurizio ; Gesu, Giovanni ; Mazzola, Ester ; Castaldi, Silvana
• Description:
  Investigation of an outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in a primary school in Milan, Europe, found 15 schoolchildren had active TB disease and 173 had latent TB infection. TB was also identified in 2 homeless men near the school. Diagnostic delay, particularly in the index case-patient, contributed to the transmission of infection.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Bacteria Beijing Strain Child Children Contact Tracing Control Diagnosis Disease Management Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Epidemiology Europe Genotype Genotyping Homeless Humans Latent Tuberculosis Male Milan Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Outbreak School Schools Surveillance Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Meningeal Tuberculosis, Pulmonary Tuberculosis And Other Mycobacteria

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 19(3):485-487.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:045aeb810f3b0cb1a94b51a2558d07dffcaf52ba4eb441648bdb417243ed564f
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18843/cdc_18843_DS1.pdf
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