High rate of transmission in a pulmonary tuberculosis outbreak in a primary school, north-eastern Italy, 2019

Italy is a low-incidence country for tuberculosis (TB). We describe a TB outbreak in a primary school in north-eastern Italy, involving 10 cases of active pulmonary disease and 42 cases of latent infection. The index case was detected in March 2019, while the primary case, an Italian-born schoolteac...

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Autores principales: Cinquetti, Sandro, Dalmanzio, Maria, Ros, Elisa, Gentili, Davide, Ramigni, Mauro, Grossi, Adriano, Andrianou, Xanthi D, La Torre, Leonardo Ermanno, Rigoli, Roberto, Scotton, Pier Giorgio, Taraschi, Angela, Baldo, Vincenzo, Napoletano, Giuseppina, Russo, Francesca, Pezzotti, Patrizio, Rezza, Giovanni, Filia, Antonietta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2019
Materias:
Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6582512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31213222
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.24.1900332
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Sumario:Italy is a low-incidence country for tuberculosis (TB). We describe a TB outbreak in a primary school in north-eastern Italy, involving 10 cases of active pulmonary disease and 42 cases of latent infection. The index case was detected in March 2019, while the primary case, an Italian-born schoolteacher, was likely infectious since January 2018. Administration of a pre-employment health questionnaire to school staff with sustained contact with children should be considered in low-incidence countries.

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