title: Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a rural community, Arkansas, 1945-2000.
abstract: A cluster of tuberculosis cases in a rural community in Arkansas persisted from 1991 to 1999. The cluster had 13 members, 11 linked epidemiologically. Old records identified 24 additional patients for 40 linked cases during a 54-year period. Residents of this neighborhood represent a population at high risk who should be considered for tuberculin testing and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection.
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. jdillaha@healthyarkansas.com
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Dillaha
authors.forename: Zhenhua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kashef
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ijaz
authors.forename: Kathleen D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Eisenach
authors.forename: M Donald
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Cave
authors.forename: Frank J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: William W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Stead
authors.forename: Joseph H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001131:Arkansas / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012306:Risk; D012423:Rural Health; D012424:Rural Population; D013997:Time Factors; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents