Contact Investigation of Bus Travelers Exposed to a Passenger with Contagious Tuberculosis

Authors

Parvathy Pillai, University of Michigan
Andrea Saunders, Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Public Health Agency of Canada
Tiffany Bateman, Infectious Diseases Branch Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
G. Allen Heimann, Windsor-Essex County Health Unit
Paul J. Edelson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Curi Kim, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

Multiple barriers exist to conducting contact investigations for tuberculosis after bus travel, and the degree of transmission risk to bus contacts is uncertain. We describe a patient with active infectious tuberculosis and the contact investigation that took place following her 5 hour bus trip across the United States-Canadian border.

Recommended Citation

Pillai, Parvathy; Saunders, Andrea; Bateman, Tiffany; Heimann, G. Allen; Edelson, Paul J.; and Kim, Curi (2011) "Contact Investigation of Bus Travelers Exposed to a Passenger with Contagious Tuberculosis," Michigan Journal of Public Health: Vol. 5: Iss. 1, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/mjph/vol5/iss1/4