High rate of transmission in a pulmonary tuberculosis outbreak in a primary school, north-eastern Italy, 2019.
Italy
children
contact investigation
health questionnaire
school outbreak
source-finding investigation
tuberculosis
Journal
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
ISSN: 1560-7917
Titre abrégé: Euro Surveill
Pays: Sweden
ID NLM: 100887452
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2019
Jun 2019
Historique:
entrez:
20
6
2019
pubmed:
20
6
2019
medline:
10
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31213222
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.24.1900332
pmc: PMC6582512
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
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