The incidence of tuberculosis after a measles outbreak.
Among 53,974 cases of measles that occurred during the 2000-2001 outbreak in Korea, the incidence of tuberculosis following measles was 47 cases per 214,949.6 person-years, which was significantly lower than that in the general population (standardized incidence ratio, 0.73; 95% confidence interval, 0.54-0.96). In conclusion, we did not find a positive relationship between measles and tuberculosis.
Lee
Chang-Hoon
CH
Division of HIV and TB Control, Center for Genome Science, National Institute of Health, Seoul, Korea.
Lee
Eun Gyu
EG
Lee
Ju-Young
JY
Park
KeeHo
K
Lee
Beom Hee
BH
Han
Hwasoon
H
Oh
Eunjung
E
Kim
Hee-Jin
HJ
Kang
Mi-Kyoung
MK
Oh
Soo Yon
SY
Bai
Jeong Ym
JY
Bai
Gill-Han
GH
Lee
Duk-Hyoung
DH
Oh
Dae-Kyu
DK
Lee
Jong-Koo
JK
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