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Volume 26, Number 8—August 2020
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Tuberculosis in Internationally Displaced Children Resettling in Harris County, Texas, USA, 2010–20151

Gabriella S. Lamb2Comments to Author , Andrea T. Cruz, Elizabeth A. Camp, Michelle Javier, Jessica Montour, Tamisha Piper, Umair A. Shah, and Jeffrey R. Starke
Author affiliations: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA (G.S. Lamb, A.T. Cruz, E.A. Camp, M. Javier, J.R. Starke); US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Austin, Texas, USA (J. Montour); Harris County Public Health Refugee Health Screening Program, Houston (T. Piper, U.A. Shah)

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Comparison of TST and IGRA results (using IGRAs as reference) in internationally displaced children over a 6-year period, Harris County, Texas, USA, 2010–2015. A) By location; B) by age. Brackets indicate ORs and 95% CIs between categories. IGRA, interferon gamma release assay; OR, odds ratio; TST, tuberculin skin test.

Figure 2. Comparison of TST and IGRA results (using IGRAs as reference) in internationally displaced children over a 6-year period, Harris County, Texas, USA, 2010–2015. A) By location; B) by age. Brackets indicate ORs and 95% CIs between categories. IGRA, interferon gamma release assay; OR, odds ratio; TST, tuberculin skin test.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the North American Union TB Conference, February 28–March 3, 2018, Chicago, IL, USA.

2Current affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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