Epidemic of tuberculosis in a high school in Northern Sardinia

Alessandra Bua; Paola Molicotti; Anna Zanetti; Melania Ruggeri; Marina Cubeddu; Sara Cannas; Nanni Peana; Michela Sali; Giovanni Delogu; Stefania Zanetti

doi:10.1016/j.ijmyco.2012.07.003

Epidemic of tuberculosis in a high school in Northern Sardinia

Alessandra Bua, Paola Molicotti, Anna Zanetti, Melania Ruggeri, Marina Cubeddu, Sara Cannas, Nanni Peana, Michela Sali, Giovanni Delogu, Stefania Zanetti

Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission among high school student and teacher populations in a high school in Northern Sardinia.Tuberculin skin-test screening, chest-X-rays, QuantiFERON-TB Gold, microbiological examination, spoligotyping and variable numbers of tandem repeats (VNTR) analysis of M. tuberculosis isolates were performed.This study indicates the effectiveness of the epidemiological investigation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	161-163
Number of pages	3
Journal	International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Volume	1
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmyco.2012.07.003
Publication status	Published - Sep 2012

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Keywords

M. tuberculosis
QuantiFERON
Spoligotyping
Tuberculosis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Infectious Diseases
Microbiology (medical)

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Bua, A., Molicotti, P., Zanetti, A., Ruggeri, M., Cubeddu, M., Cannas, S., Peana, N., Sali, M., Delogu, G., & Zanetti, S. (2012). Epidemic of tuberculosis in a high school in Northern Sardinia. International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 1(3), 161-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmyco.2012.07.003

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