Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Rural Community, Arkansas, 1945–2000

A cluster of tuberculosis cases in a rural community in Arkansas persisted from 1991 to 1999. The cluster had 13 members, 11 linked epidemiologically. Old records identified 24 additional patients for 40 linked case-patients during a 54-year period. Residents of this neighborhood represent a populat...

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Autores principales: Dillaha, Jennifer A., Yang, Zhenhua, Ijaz, Kashef, Eisenach, Kathleen D., Cave, M. Donald, Wilson, Frank J., Stead, William W., Bates, Joseph H.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12453349
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0811.020299
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Sumario:A cluster of tuberculosis cases in a rural community in Arkansas persisted from 1991 to 1999. The cluster had 13 members, 11 linked epidemiologically. Old records identified 24 additional patients for 40 linked case-patients during a 54-year period. Residents of this neighborhood represent a population at high risk who should be considered for tuberculin testing and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection.

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