title: The transmission of tuberculosis in schools involving children 3 to 11 years of age.
abstract: Little is known about the risk of tuberculosis transmission from children. We reviewed the published literature on the transmission of tuberculosis during outbreaks involving children 3 to 11 years of age and report that transmission rates among close contacts in school outbreaks are on average higher (weighted average 69.8% vs. 39.3%) if the index case is a child than an adult.
authors.affiliation: Public Health NHS Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom. Jonathan.roberts2@nhs.net
authors.forename: Jonathan R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Brendan W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: Shantini
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paranjothy
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016358:Contact Tracing; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D012574:Schools; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology