Tuberculosis Transmission in a Primary School and a Private Language School. An Estimation of Infectivity

• Main Authors: Sara Debulpaep (Author), Alexandra Dreesman (Author), Violette Dirix (Author), Veronique Toppet (Author), Maryse Wanlin (Author), Lies Geysens (Author), Wouter Arrazola de Oñate (Author), Maryse Fauville (Author), Françoise Mascart (Author), Jack Levy (Author), Françoise Mouchet (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction: Belgium is a country with low incidence of tuberculosis (TB) and a very low number of TB cases in children. Children in contact with an adult smear-positive TB case are at high risk of transmission. Early diagnosis is important as young children have a significant predisposition of dev...