The Analysis of Tuberculosis Outbreaks in Taiwan, 2007 - 2011

Pin-Hui Lee, Kwei-Feng Wang, Pei-Chun Chan, Chang-Hsun Chen

2012 Vol.28 NO.17

Correspondence Author: Pin-Hui Lee

Abstract:

In response to Tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks, lots of manpower and resources of public health are often needed in tracing contacts to interrupt transmission and reduce incident cases. This study offers the investigation notes of TB outbreaks for health authorities’ staff as the reference of TB outbreak control for the front-line staff.