Tuberculosis Infection among Non–US-Born Persons and Persons ≥60 Years of Age, United States, 2019–2020

Abstract

We examined tuberculosis (TB) infection results for the United States from the 2019–2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Over this period, 10% of non–US-born persons and 7% of those >60 years of age tested positive for TB infection. These results provide up-to-date information on TB infection among study subpopulations.

Keywords

• tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
• latent tuberculosis infection
• LTBI
• tuberculosis disease
• non–US-born
• NHANES