Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2011)

Tuberculosis in Kindergarten and Primary School, Italy, 2008–2009

  • Antonietta Filia,
  • Giuseppe Ciarrocchi,
  • Rossana Belfiglio,
  • Monaldo Caferri,
  • Antonino Bella,
  • Claudio Piersimoni,
  • Daniela Cirillo,
  • Gualtiero Grilli,
  • Cristina Mancini,
  • Donato Greco

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1703.101440
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 3
pp. 514 – 516

Abstract

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An outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in Italy involved 19 schoolchildren with active TB and 43 with latent infection. The source of the outbreak was a school assistant born in Italy who had a family history of TB. This outbreak highlights the need for maintaining clinical and public health expertise in countries with low TB incidence.

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