Estimated rate of reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection in the United States, overall and by population subgroup

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 216-225

  Shea, Kimberly M ^a   Kammerer, J Steve ^b   Winston, Carla A ^c   Navin, Thomas R ^c   Horsburgh Jr , C Robert ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Northrup Grumman   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

latent tuberculosis infection; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; reactivation tuberculosis; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; POPULATION; POSTPRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

LATENT TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION; NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY; REACTIVATION TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

UNITED STATES;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84891515501     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt246     Document Type: Article

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