The Ontario universal typing of tuberculosis (OUT-TB) surveillance program--what it means to you.

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BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious disease that is transmitted primarily by the airborne route. Effective disease control and outbreak management requires the timely diagnosis, isolation and treatment of infected individuals with active disease; contact tracing to identify secondary cases likely to benefit from treatment of latent infection; and laboratory identification or confirmation of...

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