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Tuberculosis Beijing strain outbreak in an Israeli Arab rural community linked to an incarcerated immigrant.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Dec 2014

Bishara H, Rorman E, Mor Z, Shechter-Amram D, Weiler-Ravell D

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A tuberculosis (TB) outbreak with six definite and four probable cases, caused by a Beijing strain isolate, occurred in an Arab rural community in north Israel. Using epidemiological investigation and strain genotyping, we identified the source case as an incarcerated immigrant. This outbreak illustrates how a systematic breakdown in TB prevention and control measures at multiple levels, within prisons and upon...

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PMID: 25517819
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0429

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