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Pediatric TB in Florida How did we get here and what can we do about it

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Pediatric TB in Florida How did we get here and what can we do about it

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    1. Pediatric TB in Florida How did we get here and what can we do about it? Ana M. Alvarez, M.D. Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology University of Florida College of Medicine/Jacksonville

    2. Children are not small adults!

    3. Objectives By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to: Describe the epidemiology of Pediatric TB in the U.S. and Florida Compare contagiousness of children of different ages with pulmonary TB, and apply this to planning investigations in outbreak settings Recognize the importance of assigning high priority to contact investigation in Day Care settings List strategies to reduce the number of TB cases in children

    4. Reported TB Cases by Age Group, United States, 2006

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