Epidemiology of tuberculosis in young children in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

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 1 foreign-born parent.

Methods

Study subjects were children <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 observational study collected demographics, immigration and travel histories, and clinical and source case details from parental interviews and health department and TB surveillance records.

Results

Compared with TB rates among US-born children with US-born parents, rates were 32 times higher in foreign-b

SUBMITTER: Pang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5135007 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature