Incident tuberculosis among recent US immigrants and exogenous reinfection.
Mathematical models and molecular epidemiologic investigation support the argument that exogenous reinfection plays an important role in tuberculosis transmission in high-incidence regions. We offer additional data from tuberculosis cases among recent US immigrants which strengthen the claim that reinfection in areas of intense transmission is common.
Cohen
Ted
T
Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. tcohen@hsph.harvard.edu
Murray
Megan
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology