Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Infections
Summary
- Global incident TB cases among children (persons 14 years of age and younger) were estimated to be 1 million in 2015, with children now accounting for 10% of TB cases globally[WHO Global Report 2016]
- At least 40,000 of these cases are predicted to be in HIV-infected children[Jenkins 2016]
- In 2015, pediatric TB accounted for 4.6% of all TB cases in the United States[CDC Pediatric TB]
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Keywords: Special Populations, Tuberculosis