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This report summarizes a recent outbreak of TB and highlights the challenges of preventing TB among homeless persons, particularly when multiple chains of transmission are occurring and multiple jurisdictions are involved. The findings underscore the complementary role of rapid DNA genotyping in the...

This report explains the preliminary results of an outbreak investigation in Allen County, Indiana. The report also describes the restructuring of the Allen County Department of Health (ACDH) TB program, and the importance of maintaining TB-control efforts in low-incidence states.

This information sheet provides general information about TB is, how someone can be exposed and how to test for TB. It explains that TB is spread through the air after someone with TB disease sneezes, coughs, speaks, laughs, or sings. Latent TB infection is when TB germs live in the body without...

This resource guide provides a comprehensive list of TB materials available through the federal government, state health departments and private distributors. The guide also lists Internet sites providing information on TB and includes contact information for TB-related organizations, state TB...

This report summarizes data from the national TB surveillance system for 2004 and describes trends since 1993. Findings indicate that although the 2004 TB rate was the lowest recorded in the United States since national reporting began in 1953, the declines in rates for 2003 (2.3%) and 2004 (3.3%)...

This report presents recommendations for the treatment of tuberculosis.

This report summarizes the results of an investigation of the patients and their contacts in Chickasaw County, Mississippi during the period from June 1999 to March 2002, and demonstrates the need for strategies to increase the proportion of infected contacts that successfully complete treatment for...