Tuberculosis, from: Tobey, James A. (DrPH, LLD), Public Health Law (3rd Edition), The Commonwealth Fund, New York, 1947
“The 2007 XDR-TB Incident: A Breakdown at the Intersection of Homeland Security and Public Health.” Details the failures in the management of a drug resistant tuberculosis case and the failure to stop the patient from traveling internationally.
CDC Alert on drug resistant (XDR) tuberculosis, Tuesday, May 29, 2007
CDC Press Conference, May 29, 2007
CDC Press Conference, May 30, 2007
A case of tuberculosis on an airplane and how it was managed by the CDC.
WHO, Tuberculosis and air travel: guidelines for prevention and control. 2nd Edition (2006) (archived copy)
Human Tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium bovis --- New York City, 2001--2004, MMWR, June 24, 2005 / 54(24);605-608 - TB from unpasteurized milk
Court denies habeas corpus on tuberculosis patient - Moore v. Draper, 57 So.2d 648 (Fla. 1952)
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