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A Tuberculosis Outbreak During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Hubei Province, China, 2020
Dan Li1, Xiaowang Peng2, Shuangyi Hou3
1State Key Laboratory of Virology, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Abstract:
What is already known about topic?
Abstract:
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has become a growing threat to public health. There were few reports about family-to-school MDR-TB outbreaks in China, especially during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
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What is added by this report?
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A tuberculosis (TB) outbreak happened in Hubei Province during the COVID-19 pandemic. The transmission chain was probably from a father (MDR-TB case)with retreated TB history to his daughter, who then spread TB to her classmates.
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What are the implications for public health practice?
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We should enhance TB control both in schools and households, including strengthening TB/MDR-TB detection, health education, and ventilation. The TB contact screening cannot only be limited to outside school settings and should be conducted in the school when a TB student is absent from school for 2 or 3 months, or even longer especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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