Contact tracing of passengers exposed to an extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis case during an air flight from Beirut to Paris, October 2006

J Chemardin; M C Paty; S Renard-Dubois; N Veziris; D Antoine

doi:10.2807/esw.12.49.03325-en

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Contact tracing of passengers exposed to an extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis case during an air flight from Beirut to Paris, October 2006

J Chemardin, M C Paty, S Renard-Dubois, N Veziris, D Antoine
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Citation style for this article: Chemardin J, Paty M C, Renard-Dubois S, Veziris N, Antoine D. Contact tracing of passengers exposed to an extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis case during an air flight from Beirut to Paris, October 2006. Euro Surveill. 2007;12(49):pii=3325. https://doi.org/10.2807/esw.12.49.03325-en

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Contact tracing of air travellers exposed to cases of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) has become an increasingly important issue.