Tuberculosis Infection among Young Adults Entering the US Navy in 1990.(Reannouncement with New Availability Information)

摘要

From 1958 through 1969, more than 1.2 million US Navy recruits receivedtuberculin skin tests; 5.2 per 100 were turberculin reactors. Subsequent analyses predicted a downward trend in the risk of tuberculosis infection in the United States. We sought to determine the current prevalence of tuberculin reactors by sex, race/ethnic group, and birthplace among young adult residents of the United States entering the US Navy.