Open AccessTime Since Infection and Risks of Future Disease for Individuals with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in the United States
Author(s) -
Nicolas A Menzies,
Nicole A. Swartwood,
Christian Testa,
Yelena Malyuta,
Andrew Hill,
Suzanne Marks,
Ted Cohen,
Joshua A. Salomon
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0000000000001271
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , population , demography , incidence (geometry) , transmission (telecommunications) , mycobacterium tuberculosis , risk of infection , cumulative incidence , disease , confidence interval , natural history , immunology , environmental health , pathology , biology , cohort , physics , electrical engineering , sociology , optics , genetics , engineering
Risk of tuberculosis (TB) declines over time since Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, but progression to clinical disease is still possible decades later. In the United States, most TB cases result from the progression of latent TB infection acquired over 2 years ago.