Birth cohort effect on latent tuberculosis infection prevalence, United States
Open Access
- 13 July 2010
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 10 (1) , 206
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-206
Abstract
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) prevalence in the United States decreased approximately 60% in the three decades between the 1971-1972 and 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) surveys. We examined the effects of birth cohort on LTBI prevalence over time.Keywords
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