Estimating the Burden of Tuberculosis among Foreign-Born Persons Acquired Prior to Entering the U.S., 2005–2009

BACKGROUND: The true burden of reactivation of remote latent tuberculosis infection (reactivation TB) among foreign-born persons with tuberculosis (TB) within the United States is not known. Our study objectives were to estimate the proportion of foreign-born persons with TB due reactivation TB and...

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Autores principales: Ricks, Philip M., Cain, Kevin P., Oeltmann, John E., Kammerer, J. Steve, Moonan, Patrick K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3226620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22140439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027405

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3226620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22140439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027405

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