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Tuberculosis outbreak investigations in the United States, 2002-2008.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2011
Mitruka Kiren, Oeltmann John E, Ijaz Kashef, Haddad Maryam B
Abstract excerpt
To understand circumstances of tuberculosis transmission that strain public health resources, we systematically reviewed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staff reports of US outbreaks in which CDC participated during 2002-2008 that involved ≥3 culture-confirmed tuberculosis cases linked by genotype and epidemiology. Twenty-seven outbreaks, representing 398 patients, were reviewed. Twenty-four of...
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