Transmission of childhood tuberculosis: Risk factors associated with an unidentified index case and outbreak evolution in barcelona (1987-2007)

Jeanne L. Nelson; Antonio Moreno; Angels Orcau; Neus Altet; Antoni Martínez-Roig; Joan A. Cayla; Marti Casals; Juan Pablo Millet; Fernando Moraga-Llop

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Transmission of childhood tuberculosis: Risk factors associated with an unidentified index case and outbreak evolution in barcelona (1987-2007)

Jeanne L. Nelson, Antonio Moreno, Angels Orcau, Neus Altet, Antoni Martínez-Roig, Joan A. Cayla, Marti Casals, Juan Pablo Millet, Fernando Moraga-Llop

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Abstract

The objective of the study was to examine the factors associated with unidentified tuberculosis (TB) index cases (1987-2007) and to describe outbreaks (2000-2007) of childhood TB cases in Barcelona, Spain. Contact tracing seems to be fundamental in index case identification, but improvement could be made among older children and cases of extrapulmonary TB or pulmonary TB with sputum microscopy results.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	876-879
Number of pages	4
Journal	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume	29
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e3181de750d
State	Published - Sep 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

childhood
contact tracing
epidemiology
outbreak
transmission
tuberculosis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Nelson, J. L., Moreno, A., Orcau, A., Altet, N., Martínez-Roig, A., Cayla, J. A., Casals, M., Millet, J. P., & Moraga-Llop, F. (2010). Transmission of childhood tuberculosis: Risk factors associated with an unidentified index case and outbreak evolution in barcelona (1987-2007). Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 29(9), 876-879. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e3181de750d

Nelson, JL, Moreno, A, Orcau, A, Altet, N, Martínez-Roig, A, Cayla, JA, Casals, M, Millet, JP & Moraga-Llop, F 2010, 'Transmission of childhood tuberculosis: Risk factors associated with an unidentified index case and outbreak evolution in barcelona (1987-2007)', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol. 29, no. 9, pp. 876-879. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e3181de750d

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