Tuberculosis Infection in the United States: Prevalence Estimates from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011-2012.

Reexamining the prevalence of persons infected with tuberculosis (TB) is important to determine trends over time. In 2011-2012 a TB component was included in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to estimate the reservoir of persons infected with TB.Civilian, noninstitutional...

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Main Authors: Roque Miramontes, Andrew N Hill, Rachel S Yelk Woodruff, Lauren A Lambert, Thomas R Navin, Kenneth G Castro, Philip A LoBue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4633161?pdf=render