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

摘要

BackgroundThe 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 to describe characteristics of foreign-born persons with reactivation TB.