Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB) : Quarantine and Isolation.

Provides background on recent international incident involving a traveler with XDR-TB, a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis, and subsequent Federal order of isolation issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the Public Health Service Act. Addresses existing law relating to qua...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Communicable diseases. Epidemiology. Public health. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book