A case of tuberculosis on a long distance flight: the difficulties of the investigation

A Vassiloyanakopoulos; G Spala; E Mavrou; C Hadjichristodoulou

doi:10.2807/esm.04.09.00083-en

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A case of tuberculosis on a long distance flight: the difficulties of the investigation

A Vassiloyanakopoulos¹, G Spala¹, E Mavrou¹, C Hadjichristodoulou¹
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Affiliations: ¹ National Center for Surveillance and Intervention (NCSI), Athens, Greece

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Citation style for this article: Vassiloyanakopoulos A, Spala G, Mavrou E, Hadjichristodoulou C. A case of tuberculosis on a long distance flight: the difficulties of the investigation. Euro Surveill. 1999;4(9):pii=83. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.04.09.00083-en

Abstract

Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from passenger to passenger aboard a long airplane flight was reported in 1996. Other cases were previously published, in particular by the Centers for Disease Control which had then suggested criteria for epidem