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Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Associated with Failed Completion of Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection - Chickasaw County, Mississippi, June 1999--March 2002. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 52(11): 222-224, March 21, 2003.

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...

Progressing Toward Tuberculosis Elimination in Low-Incidence Areas of the United States: Recommendations of the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 51(RR05): 1-16, May 3, 2002

This report is a statement of the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET) that examines the challenges to TB control in current low-incidence areas and offers recommendations for meeting those challenges. The purpose of this statement is to inform federal, state, and local public...

Intensified Support and Action Countries (ISAC) Emergency

ISAC (Intensified Support and Action Countries) is a special emergency initiative to accelerate DOTS expansion and reach the 2005 targets; within the Global Plan to Stop TB, and to achieve the 2015 target of reversing TB incidence. ISAC will focus international assistance on and support efforts by...

Post-Detention Completion of Tuberculosis Treatment for Persons Deported or Released from the Custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service --- United States, 2003. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 52(19): 438-441, May 16, 2003

This report describes three cases that illustrate several issues associated with the deportation of patients with incomplete treatment of TB disease after detention. These cases highlight the need for interagency coordination to ensure completion of treatment for persons being evaluated or treated...

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