5-Year Follow-up of Active Tuberculosis Development From Latent Infection in Rural China.

Clin Infect Dis

NHC Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, and Center for Tuberculosis Research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing.

Published: February 2020

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A 5-year follow-up study found declining disease development rates from latent tuberculosis infection. In the latter 3 years, the incidence, per 100 person-years, was 0.26 for interferon-γ release assay positives and 0.19 for tuberculin skin test positives (P = .28). In addition, all round have been checked.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz581DOI Listing

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