Tuberculosis is most often a disease of the lungs. It spreads from person to person when the person with TB disease coughs, sneezes or speaks, expelling bacteria into the air that others breathe. Untreated active tuberculosis is a serious and urgent public health threat. The Health Department ac...
The Department investigates, treats, and manages cases of both latent TB infection (LTBI) and active TB disease in Allen County residents. Anyone who might have been exposed to tuberculosis can request a skin test. If the result is positive, the Department clinic offers testing, education and ...
tuberculosis originate from cattle, pigs, dogs, and Indian elephants, but the infection has also been demonstrated in captive and free-living wildlife. Molecular epidemiology has demonstrated transmission between humans and animals, in both directions (17–20). Other MTBC species, such as ...
Background: Although tuberculosis (TB) morbidity and mortality have decreased in recent decades, challenges exist regarding disproportionate distributions of TB among specific populations and geographic areas. Inconsistent local health department (LHD) funding for TB programs poses difficulties for LHDs to ...
Thombley M, Ijaz K, Metchock B, LoBue P. Role of the Health Department--Legal and Public Health Considerations. In: Schlossberg D, ed. Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections, 6th Edition. Washington, DC: ASM Press; 2011:224-241....
OBJECTIVES: To describe persons with suspected (did not meet the national tuberculosis [TB] surveillance case definition) and noncounted TB (met the TB case definition but transferred and were counted by another jurisdiction) and estimate costs incurred by public health departments for managing them....
We sought to characterize postimmigration tuberculosis (TB) care for Class B immigrants and refugees at the Baltimore City Health Department TB program (BCHD), and to determine the proportion of immigrants with active TB or latent TB infection (LTBI) in this high-risk population.We conducted a ...
The Department of Public Health (DPH) released a public warning Thursday telling consumers to avoid mushroom-containing chocolate products after seven South Carolinians were hospitalized in connection with them. News Tuberculosis identified in Union County student: What to know ...
BackgroundSince an increasing proportion of the US population is without health insurance, a network of free clinics has gradually developed to provide
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