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Tuberculosis Outbreak in a Primary School, Milan, Italy
Journal article published in 2013 by
Marino Faccini,
Luigi Ruffo Codecasa,
Giorgio Ciconali,
Serafina Cammarata,
Catia Rosanna Borriello,
Costanza De Gioia,
Alessandro Za,
Andrea Filippo Marino,
Valentina Vighi,
Maurizio Ferrarese,
Giovanni Gesu,
Ester Mazzola,
Silvana Castaldi 
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Abstract
Investigation of an outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in a primary school in Milan, Italy, found 15 schoolchildren had active TB disease and 173 had latent TB infection. TB was also identified in 2 homeless men near the school. Diagnostic delay, particularly in the index case-patient, contributed to the transmission of infection.