Tuberculosis outbreak in a Texas prison, 1994.

In 1994 a Texas prison containing a population of mentally retarded inmates experienced a large tuberculosis outbreak. Fifteen cases of tuberculosis were identified (8 confirmed by positive cultures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis) and more than 100 inmates became infected. The culture-confirmed pati...

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Main Authors: Bergmire-Sweat, D., Barnett, B. J., Harris, S. L., Taylor, J. P., Mazurek, G. H., Reddy, V.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cambridge University Press 1996
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2271645/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8972673
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