Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a rural community, Arkansas, 1945-2000

A cluster of tuberculosis cases in a rural community in Arkansas persisted from 1991 to 1999. The cluster had 13 members, 11 linked epidemiologically. Old records identified 24 additional patients for 40 linked cases during a 54-year period. Residents of this neighborhood represent a population at h...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2002-11, Vol.8 (11), p.1246-1248
Hauptverfasser:	Dillaha, Jennifer A, Yang, Zhenhua, Ijaz, Kashef, Eisenach, Kathleen D, Cave, M Donald, Wilson, Frank J, Stead, William W, Bates, Joseph H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Aged Aged, 80 and over Antitubercular Agents - pharmacology Arkansas - epidemiology Child Child, Preschool Cluster Analysis Dispatch DNA Fingerprinting Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial endemic Female genotyping Health aspects Humans Infant Male Middle Aged molecular epidemiology Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis - classification Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects Mycobacterium tuberculosis - genetics Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Risk Risk factors (Health) Rural Health Rural Population Testing Time Factors Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - microbiology Tuberculosis - transmission
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Zusammenfassung:	A cluster of tuberculosis cases in a rural community in Arkansas persisted from 1991 to 1999. The cluster had 13 members, 11 linked epidemiologically. Old records identified 24 additional patients for 40 linked cases during a 54-year period. Residents of this neighborhood represent a population at high risk who should be considered for tuberculin testing and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid0811.020299