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Atlanta, GA | Posted: March 20, 2015
The incidence rate of tuberculosis in the U.S. in 2014 was 3.0 per 100,000 population, representing a 2.2% drop since 2013, according to an MMWR article. However, this decline was the smallest in over a decade.
Among the other findings for 2014, from the CDC’s National Tuberculosis Surveillance System:
The authors emphasize the need to identify and treat all those with latent TB among high-risk groups in the U.S, such as the foreign-born. They add that “priority should be placed on those at highest risk for reactivation,” including those from sub-Saharan Africa or Southeast Asia.