A tuberculosis contact investigation involving a large number of contacts tested with interferon-gamma release assay at a nursing school: Kanagawa, Japan, 2012

• Main Authors: Masako Tasaka (Author), Tamae Shimamura (Author), Mami Iwata (Author), Takahiro Toyozawa (Author), Masaki Ota (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In May 2012, a teacher of a nursing school with about 300 staff members and students in Japan was diagnosed with sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), leading to an investigation involving nearly 300 contacts. We describe the contacts' closeness to the index TB patient and the like...