The incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) remains critically high in countries of the former Soviet Union, where >20% of new cases and >50% of previously-treated cases have resistance
This study analysed a multi-semester pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) cluster outbreak in a Chinese boarding school to provide evidence for future epidemic control. Contacts were screened via symptoms, in
* See text for definition of type 1, 2 and 3 secondary cases Secondary cases resulting from pulmonary TB patients who died before or within the first 60 days of treatment (“cases”) and those who survi
Background Patients with Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates sharing identical DNA fingerprint patterns can be epidemiologically linked. However, municipal health services in the Netherlands are able
