1. Tuberculosis outbreak in a primary school, Milan, Italy.
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Faccini M, Codecasa LR, Ciconali G, Cammarata S, Borriello CR, De Gioia C, Za A, Marino AF, Vighi V, Ferrarese M, Gesu G, Mazzola E, and Castaldi S
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Child, Contact Tracing, Genotype, Humans, Italy epidemiology, Latent Tuberculosis microbiology, Latent Tuberculosis transmission, Male, Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetics, Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation & purification, Schools, Tuberculosis, Meningeal microbiology, Tuberculosis, Meningeal transmission, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary microbiology, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary transmission, Disease Outbreaks, Latent Tuberculosis epidemiology, Tuberculosis, Meningeal epidemiology, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary epidemiology
- Abstract
Investigation of an outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in a primary school in Milan, Italy, 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.
- Published
- 2013
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