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 preemployment health questionnaire to school staff with sustained contact with children should be considered in low-incidence countries.
High rate of transmission in a pulmonary tuberculosis outbreak in a primary school, North-eastern Italy, 2019 / Cinquetti, S.; Dalmanzio, M.; Ros, E.; Gentili, D.; Ramigni, M.; Grossi, A.; Andrianou, X. D.; La Torre, L. E.; Rigoli, R.; Scotton, P. G.; Taraschi, A.; Baldo, V.; Napoletano, G.; Russo, F.; Pezzotti, P.; Rezza, G.; Filia, A.. - In: EUROSURVEILLANCE. - ISSN 1025-496X. - 24:24(2019). [10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.24.1900332]
High rate of transmission in a pulmonary tuberculosis outbreak in a primary school, North-eastern Italy, 2019
Rezza G.Penultimo
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2019-01-01
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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 preemployment health questionnaire to school staff with sustained contact with children should be considered in low-incidence countries.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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