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. 2011 Mar;17(3):514-6.
doi: 10.3201/eid1703.101440.

Tuberculosis in kindergarten and primary school, Italy, 2008-2009

Antonietta Filia  1 , Giuseppe Ciarrocchi, Rossana Belfiglio, Monaldo Caferri, Antonino Bella, Claudio Piersimoni, Daniela Cirillo, Gualtiero Grilli, Cristina Mancini, Donato Greco
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Tuberculosis in kindergarten and primary school, Italy, 2008-2009

Antonietta Filia et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Mar.

Abstract

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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