Open AccessLarge scale contact tracing after a case of open tuberculosis in a supermarket, the Netherlands, January - February 2005
Author(s) -
Ben F. P. J. Koster,
Katrine Borgen,
Han Meijer,
S van der Plas,
V. Kuyvenhoven
Publication year - 2005
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.10.08.02648-en
Subject(s) - contact tracing , tuberculosis , latent tuberculosis , scale (ratio) , active tuberculosis , medicine , environmental health , geography , mycobacterium tuberculosis , cartography , pathology , covid-19 , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Between 31 January and 4 February 2005, over 21 000 people in the city of Zeist in the Netherlands were tested for latent tuberculosis infection or active tuberculosis after possible exposure via a supermarket employee.