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Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a rural community, Arkansas, 1945-2000.
- Source :
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Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2002 Nov; Vol. 8 (11), pp. 1246-8. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- 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 cases 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.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antitubercular Agents pharmacology
Arkansas epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Cluster Analysis
DNA Fingerprinting
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium tuberculosis classification
Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug effects
Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetics
Risk
Rural Health
Time Factors
Tuberculosis epidemiology
Tuberculosis microbiology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation & purification
Rural Population
Tuberculosis transmission
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1080-6040
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12453349
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0811.020299