Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

In the US, tuberculosis remains an important preventable disease, including active tuberculosis, which may be infectious, and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), which is asymptomatic and not infectious but can later progress to active disease. The precise prevalence rate of LTBI in the US is diff...

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Published in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 329; no. 17; p. 1487
Main Authors:	Mangione, Carol M, Barry, Michael J, Nicholson, Wanda K, Cabana, Michael, Chelmow, David, Coker, Tumaini Rucker, Davis, Esa M, Donahue, Katrina E, Jaén, Carlos Roberto, Li, Li, Ogedegbe, Gbenga, Rao, Goutham, Ruiz, John M, Stevermer, James, Underwood, Sandra Millon, Wong, John B
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 02.05.2023
Subjects:	Adult Humans Latent Tuberculosis - complications Latent Tuberculosis - diagnosis Latent Tuberculosis - epidemiology Latent Tuberculosis - etiology Mass Screening - adverse effects Mass Screening - methods Risk Assessment Social Determinants of Health - statistics & numerical data Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - etiology Tuberculosis - prevention & control United States - epidemiology United States
ISSN:	1538-3598, 1538-3598
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