PRO/AH/EDR> Tuberculosis – USA: children, foreign-born parents

Tuberculosis — Worldwide/Unknown
“To estimate tuberculosis (TB) rates among young children in the United States by children’s and parents’ birth origins and describe the epidemiology of TB among young children who are foreign-born or have at least one foreign-born parent.
Methods
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“Study subjects were children younger than 5 years old diagnosed with TB in 20 US jurisdictions during 2005-2006. TB rates were calculated from jurisdictions’ TB case counts and American Community Survey population estimates. An