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. 2003 Dec 12;52(49):1209-10.

Public health dispatch: tuberculosis outbreak among homeless persons--King County, Washington, 2002-2003

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • PMID: 14668713
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Public health dispatch: tuberculosis outbreak among homeless persons--King County, Washington, 2002-2003

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
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Abstract

The Public Health-Seattle and King County (PH-SKC) Tuberculosis Control Program, with assistance from the Washington State Department of Health and CDC, is continuing to investigate an ongoing outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) disease among homeless persons in Seattle. This report describes patient characteristics, methods used to identify active TB cases and contacts at highest risk for exposure, and control measures under way to prevent further transmission of this outbreak strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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