title: Epidemic of tuberculosis in a high school in Northern Sardinia.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission among high school student and teacher populations in a high school in Northern Sardinia. Tuberculin skin-test screening, chest-X-rays, QuantiFERON-TB Gold, microbiological examination, spoligotyping and variable numbers of tandem repeats (VNTR) analysis of M. tuberculosis isolates were performed. This study indicates the effectiveness of the epidemiological investigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy. Electronic address: ale.b76@email.it.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bua
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Molicotti
authors.affiliation: Public Health Service ASL N°1 of Sassari, Via Tarragona Alghero, Italy.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zanetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: Melania
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruggeri
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cubeddu
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cannas
authors.affiliation: Public Health Service ASL N°1 of Sassari, Via Tarragona Alghero, Italy.
authors.forename: Nanni
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Peana
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Catholic University of Rome, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sali
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Catholic University of Rome, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delogu
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zanetti
keywords: M. tuberculosis; QuantiFERON; Spoligotyping; Tuberculosis