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Exposure period
DEFINITION
Coincident period when a contact shared the same air space as a person with tuberculosis during the infectious period.
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SOURCE DEFINITION
Coincident period when a contact shared the same air space as a person with TB during the infectious period.
From: CDC
Year: 2005
OTHER DEFINITIONS
TERM 1
Period when the following two events overlap: 1) the time the contact shares the same air space with the TB source patient and 2) the infectious period of the source patient
From: CDC
Year: 2006
TERM 2
Coincident period when a contact shared the same air space as the index TB patient during the infectious period
From: CDC
Year: 2005
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