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Tuberculosis Outbreak in a Low-Incidence State -- Indiana, 2001--2004. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 53(48):1134-1135, December 10, 2004

This report explains the preliminary results of an outbreak investigation in Allen County, Indiana. The report also describes the restructuring of the Allen County Department of Health (ACDH) TB program, and the importance of maintaining TB-control efforts in low-incidence states.

Author:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, Office of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Series, CDC MMWR

Topic:

Diagnosis, Outbreaks

Country of Origin:

United States

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