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Tuberculosis among foreign-born persons in New York City, 1992-1994: implications for tuberculosis control.

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1997

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Tornieporth Ng, Y Ptachewich, Natasha Poltoratskaia, Ravi Bs, Berger Jj, Michelle Dahdouh, Sorana Segal‐Maurer, Aaron E. Glatt, R Adamis, Carlos Lerner,
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Abstract

Although most (84%) cases of TB among foreign-born persons in New York City appear to result from reactivation of infections they acquired abroad, the ones who acquire new infections become infected with strains that are already circulating among the US-born TB patients in New York City, and they have risk factors similar to those faced by US-born tuberculosis patients.