Guidelines for Tuberculosis Control in New Zealand, 2019

The 10-year risk for TB infection progressing from this latent phase to active TB disease is approximately 10 percent (Sloot et al 2014) but this risk is affected by: infecting dose, the age of the person, the presence of healed lesions on a CXR and immunocompromise (Getahun et al 2015). ................
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