Literature DB >> 18679154

Extensive transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among children on a school bus.

Edmundo Neira-Munoz1, Janette Smith, Paul Cockcroft, Damian Basher, Ibrahim Abubakar.   

Abstract

We report a tuberculosis outbreak in school children caused by exposure to a sputum-smear positive school bus driver. Exposed children were assessed using 2 versions of interferon-gamma release assays. Fifty-five percent (18/34) had a positive interferon-gamma release assays and 4 children developed tuberculosis. This suggests that transmission may be very efficient in this setting and highlights the need for early diagnosis.

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Year:  2008        PMID： 18679154     DOI： 10.1097/INF.0b013e31816ff7c5

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Pediatr Infect Dis J        ISSN： 0891-3668            Impact factor:   2.129


  7 in total

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6.  An outbreak of tuberculosis in a middle school in Henan, China: Epidemiology and risk factors.

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Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2019-11-15       Impact factor: 3.240

Review 7.  Effect of BCG vaccination against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors:  A Roy; M Eisenhut; R J Harris; L C Rodrigues; S Sridhar; S Habermann; L Snell; P Mangtani; I Adetifa; A Lalvani; I Abubakar
Journal:  BMJ       Date:  2014-08-05
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