Tuberculosis Infection among Non–US-Born Persons and Persons ≥60 Years of Age, United States, 2019–2020

Woodruff, Rachel; Miramontes, Roque

doi:10.3201/eid2907.230324

i

Tuberculosis Infection among Non–US-Born Persons and Persons ≥60 Years of Age, United States, 2019–2020

Supporting Files Public Domain

7 2023
By Woodruff, Rachel ; Miramontes, Roque

File Language:

English

Details

Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Woodruff, Rachel ; Miramontes, Roque
Description:

We examined tuberculosis (TB) infection results for the United States from the 2019-2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Over this period, 10% of non-US-born persons and 7% of those >60 years of age tested positive for TB infection. These results provide up-to-date information on TB infection among study subpopulations.
Subjects:

Female Humans Latent Tuberculosis Nutrition Surveys Parturition Pregnancy Tuberculosis
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(7):1470-1472
Pubmed ID:

37347846
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC10310369
Document Type:

Journal Article
Genre:

Dispatch
Place as Subject:

United States
Volume:

29
Issue:

7
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:d3304a559ac84754463bedcef41a2798d87427ef812f9cde078b8d3896c047df
Download URL:

https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/130828/cdc_130828_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 272.05 KB ]

23-0324.nxml

Download xml

File Language:

English

ON THIS PAGE

Details Supporting Files

CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners.

As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.