Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (HIV/AIDS) constitute the main burden of infectious disease in resource-limited …

The health-care facility environment is rarely implicated in disease transmission, except
among patients who are immunocompromised. Nonetheless, inadvertent exposures to …

Abstract Background. Individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) may
develop symptoms and signs of disease (tuberculosis disease) or may have no clinical …

From Chlamydia (1) to malaria (2) to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2)(3), it is increasingly recognized that individuals without recognizable …

Executive Summary The Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of
Infectious Agents in Health Care Settings 2007 updates and expands the 1996 Guideline for …

Widespread use of DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) to differentiate
strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to monitor the transmission of tuberculosis has been …

Objective.—To quantify the efficacy of BCG vaccine against tuberculosis (TB). Data Sources.—
MEDLINE with index termsBCG vaccine, tuberculosis, andhuman. Experts from the Centers …

Objective To estimate the risk and prevalence ofMycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection
and tuberculosis (TB) incidence, prevalence, and mortality, including disease attributable to …

DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been shown to be a powerful
epidemiologic tool. We propose a standardized technique which exploits variability in both …

In this new guideline, natural ventilation is considered for the first time among the effective
measures to control infections in health care. Such a recommendation from WHO …