Risk of developing tuberculosis from a school contact: Retrospective cohort study, United Kingdom, 2009

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 30-33

  Caley, M ^a   Fowler, T ^b   Welch, S ^c   Wood, A ^d  

^a Birmingham East and North Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b Bartholomew House   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Health Protection Unit West Midlands East   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77952514389     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions. Tuberculosis: clinical diagnosis and management of tuberculosis, and measures for its prevention and control. London (UK): Royal College of Physicians; 2006. Available from: http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=8993&nbr=4877&ss=6&xl=999.
2. Phillips L, Carlile J, Smith D. Epidemiology of a tuberculosis outbreak in a rural Missouri high school. Pediatrics 2004;113(6):e514-9.
3. Ridzon R, Kent JH, Valway S, Weismuller P, Maxwell R, Elcock M, et al. Outbreak of drug-resistant tuberculosis with second-generation transmission in a high school in California. J Pediatr. 1997;131(6):863-8.
4. A school and community-based outbreak of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in northern Italy, 1992-3. The Lodi Tuberculosis Working Group. Epidemiol Infect. 1994;113(1):83-93.
5. Rothman LM, Dubeski G. School contact tracing following a cluster of tuberculosis cases in two Scarborough schools. Can J Public Health. 1993;84(5):297-302.
6. Sacks JJ, Brenner ER, Breeden DC, Anders HM, Parker RL. Epidemiology of a tuberculosis outbreak in a South Carolina junior high school. Am J Public Health. 1985;75(4):361-5.
7. Office for National Statistics (ONS). [Internet]. Current Estimates - Population Estimates by Ethnic Group Mid-2007 for Primary Care Organisations (experimental). London: National Statistics. 2007. Available from: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=14238.
8. Health Protection Agency (HPA). [Internet]. Tuberculosis case reports by region, England, 1999-2008. London: Health Protection Agency, Available from: http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAweb&HPAwebStandard/HPAweb_C/1195733750930.
9. Personal communication: West Midlands HPA Regional Epidemiology Unit. April 2009.
10. Health Protection Agency (HPA). Tuberculosis case reports and rates by country, UK, 2008. London: Health Protection Agency. 2007. Available from: http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAweb&HPAwebStandard/HPAweb_C/1225268896252.
11. Wales JM, Buchan AR, Cookson JB, Jones DA, Marshall BS. Tuberculosis in a primary school: the Uppingham outbreak. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1985;291(6501):1039-40.