TY - JOUR AU - Vonnahme, Laura AU - Haddad, Maryam AU - Navin, Thomas T1 - Factoring Prior Treatment into Tuberculosis Infection Prevalence Estimates, United States, 2011–2012 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 10 SP - 1949 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To refine estimates of how many persons in the United States are candidates for treatment of latent tuberculosis, we removed from analysis persons who self-reported prior treatment on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011–2012. We estimate that 12.6 million persons could benefit from treatment to prevent active tuberculosis. KW - tuberculosis KW - Prevalence KW - surveys and questionnaires KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - United States KW - TB KW - bacteria KW - prior treatment DO - 10.3201/eid2510.190439 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/10/19-0439_article ER - End of Reference