MMWR Vol. 64 / Nos. 50 & 51: Tuberculosis Contact Investigations — United States, 2003–2012 || Fatal Bacterial Meningitis Possibly Associated with Substandard Ceftriaxone — Uganda, 2013 || Increases in Drug and Opioid Overdose Deaths — United States, 2000–2014

MMWR Weekly Vol. 64, Nos. 50 & 51 January 1, 2016

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Tuberculosis Contact Investigations — United States, 2003–2012 Kai H. Young, MPH; Melissa Ehman, MPH; Randall Reves, MD; et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;64:1369-74 The figure above is an electron micrograph depicting a grouping of red-colored, rod-shaped Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria.

Fatal Bacterial Meningitis Possibly Associated with Substandard Ceftriaxone — Uganda, 2013 Jason W. Nickerson, PhD; Amir Attaran, DPhil; Brian D. Westerberg, MD; et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;64:1375-7

Increases in Drug and Opioid Overdose Deaths — United States, 2000–2014 Rose A. Rudd, MSPH; Noah Aleshire, JD; Jon E. Zibbell, PhD; et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;64:1378-82

Notes from the Field: Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis Misdiagnoses at a Rural Urgent-Care Clinic — Wyoming, March 2015 Alexia Harrist, MD, PhD; Clayton Van Houten, MS; Stanford T. Shulman, MD; et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;64:1383-5

Notes from the Field: Hepatitis C Outbreak in a Dialysis Clinic — Tennessee, 2014 Daniel Muleta, MD; Marion A. Kainer, MBBS; Loretta Moore- Moravian; et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;64:1386-7

QuickStats: Birth Rates Among Females Aged 15–19 Years, by Race/Ethnicity — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 1991 and 2014 T.J. Mathews, MS; Brady E. Hamilton, PhD. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;64:1388

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