An Epidemic of Primary Tuberculosis in a Canadian Aboriginal Community

In 1987, an outbreak of primary tuberculosis occurred in a Canadian aboriginal community of 350 people. The source case was a young woman who had been symptomatic for four months with smear positive cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis. Her 17 siblings and their families were frequent close contacts. Amo...

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Main Authors: Manuel W Mah, Elizabeth Anne Fanning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1991-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1991/312417
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