Factoring Prior Treatment into Tuberculosis Infection Prevalence Estimates, United States, 2011–2012

To refine estimates of how many persons in the United States are candidates for treatment of latent tuberculosis, we removed from analysis persons who self-reported prior treatment on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011–2012. We estimate that 12.6 million persons could benefit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Vonnahme, Laura A., Haddad, Maryam B., Navin, Thomas R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6759264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31538921
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2510.190439
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Sumario:To refine estimates of how many persons in the United States are candidates for treatment of latent tuberculosis, we removed from analysis persons who self-reported prior treatment on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011–2012. We estimate that 12.6 million persons could benefit from treatment to prevent active tuberculosis.

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