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Tuberculosis
(TB Disease, Consumption, Phthisis)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR, July 7, 2006/ Vol. 55/ No. RR-9, Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional and Detention Facilities: Recommendations from CDC and endorsed by the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis, the national Commission on Correctional Health Care, and the American Correctional Association. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5509a1.htm (07/06)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR, November 4, 2005/ Vol. 54/ No. RR-12, Controlling Tuberculosis in the United States, Recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, CDC, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5412a1.htm (2/06)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR, December 16, 2005/ Vol. 54/ No. RR-15, Guidelines for the Investigation of Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis, Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5415a1.htm (2/06)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR, December 30, 2005/ Vol. 54/ No. RR-17, Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5417a1.htm (2/06)

CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)
A service of the CDC National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention (NCHSTP) The nation’s largest collection of information and resources on HIV, STD and TB Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Division of Tuberculosis Elimination. QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Test Fact Sheets http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/tbfactsheets/250103.htm (4/06)

CDC, National Center for Infectious Diseases – Traveler’s Health – Tuberculosis

World Health Organization – Tuberculosis

The Stop TB Partnership – A partnership by the World Health Organization.
(Sponsored by the American Lung Association)