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High tuberculosis transmission setting
DEFINITION
Setting with a high frequency of people with undetected or undiagnosed tuberculosis, or where people with infectious tuberculosis are present and there is a high risk of tuberculosis transmission.
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Setting with a high frequency of people with undetected or undiagnosed TB disease, or where people with infectious TB are present and there is a high risk of TB transmission.
OTHER DEFINITIONS
A setting with a high frequency of individuals with undetected or undiagnosed active TB, or where infectious TB patients are present and there is a high risk of TB transmission. TB patients are most infectious when they are untreated or inadequately treated. Spread is increased by aerosol-generating procedures and by the presence of highly susceptible individuals.
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