1. Paediatric tuberculosis (TB) in Alberta by method of detection and strategically placed TB elimination activities.
Paediatric tuberculosis (TB) in Alberta by method of detection and strategically placed TB elimination activities. The dotted lines highlight contacts with a single International Classification of Diseases Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code of (primary tuberculous complex). Of the CBO-FB children without a source case in Alberta (n=9), five could, on the basis of their travel history or their unique Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA fingerprints, be reasonably said to have acquired their infection overseas. PTB: pulmonary TB; CBO-CB: Canadian-born “other” with Canadian-born parents; CBO-FB: Canadian-born “other” with one or more foreign-born parents; RFN: registered First Nations; FB: foreign born; ME: molecular epidemiology; CNS: central nervous system; LTBI: latent TB infection.
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