Extensive transmission of mycobacterium tuberculosis among children on a school bus

Edmundo Neira-Munoz; Janette Smith; Paul Cockcroft; Damian Basher; Ibrahim Abubakar

doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e31816ff7c5

Extensive transmission of mycobacterium tuberculosis among children on a school bus

Edmundo Neira-Munoz^*
, Janette Smith
, Paul Cockcroft
, Damian Basher
, Ibrahim Abubakar

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	836-837
Number of pages	2
Journal	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume	27
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e31816ff7c5
Publication status	Published - Sept 2008

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Extensive transmission
School bus
Tuberculosis

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