Factoring Prior Treatment into Tuberculosis Infection Prevalence Estimates, United States, 2011–2012

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• tuberculosis
• Prevalence
• surveys and questionnaires
• tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
• United States
• TB