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Risk of M. tuberculosis transmission
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Probability of passing M. tuberculosis to another individual. This may be influenced by factors such as the frequency of contact with the source person, proximity and duration of contact, use of respiratory protection, environmental factors, and infectiousness of the source person.
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Probability of passing M. tuberculosis to another individual. This may be influenced by factors such as the frequency of contact with the source person, proximity and duration of contact, use of respiratory protection, environmental factors (e.g. dilution, ventilation and other air disinfection), infectiousness of the source person and immune status of the exposed person.
From: WHO
Year: 2019
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