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Any person who has been exposed to a person with tuberculosis.
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SOURCE DEFINITION
Any person who has been exposed to a person with TB disease.
OTHER DEFINITIONS
Person who has spent time with a person with infectious TB
Any person who has been exposed to an index case
Someone who has been exposed to M. tuberculosis infection by sharing air space with a person with infectious TB.
People (often family members) close to a TB patient and at risk of infection
Person exposed to a patient who has infectious TB
Person who has been exposed to an index case
Person who has spent time with a person with infectious TB
Any person who has been exposed to an index case
Someone who has been exposed to M. tuberculosis infection by sharing air space with a person with infectious TB.
People (often family members) close to a TB patient and at risk of infection
Person exposed to a patient who has infectious TB
Person who has been exposed to an index case
Person who has shared the same air space with a person who has TB disease for a sufficient amount of time to allow possible transmission of M. tuberculosis
Any person who was exposed to a person with tuberculosis
Any person exposed to a person with TB.
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