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

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...

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Autores principales: Filia, Antonietta, Ciarrocchi, Giuseppe, Belfiglio, Rossana, Caferri, Monaldo, Bella, Antonino, Piersimoni, Claudio, Cirillo, Daniela, Grilli, Gualtiero, Mancini, Cristina, Greco, Donato
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3166025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21392447
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1703.101440
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Sumario: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.

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