Cluster of tuberculosis cases among exotic dancers and their close contacts--Kansas, 1994-2000.
During January 2001, the Wichita-Sedgwick County Department of Community Health (WSCDCH), the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), and CDC investigated a cluster of tuberculosis (TB) cases that occurred from 1994 to 2000 among women with a history of working as dancers in adult entertainment clubs (i.e., exotic dancers) and persons who were close contacts of exotic dancers. This report describes the results of the investigation and illustrates the need for early identification of TB clusters through ongoing surveillance and resources for health departments to respond rapidly to TB outbreaks.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016358:Contact Tracing; D003615:Dancing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007615:Kansas / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission