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The study aimed to calculate the rate of reactivation tuberculosis (TB) in a U.S. community by conducting a population-based tuberculin skin test survey from 1998-2000 and analyzing TB case isolates from 1997-2001 in the same area. The rate of reactivation TB among those with latent TB infection without HIV was 0.040 to 0.058 cases per 100 person-years, substantially lower than rates from the 1950s. HIV infection significantly increased reactivation risk. Reactivation was also higher in those over 50 and bo

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