Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission among Elderly Persons, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, 2009–2015

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 448 - 455
• Main Authors: Seto, Junji, Wada, Takayuki, Suzuki, Yu, Ikeda, Tatsuya, Mizuta, Katsumi, Yamamoto, Taro, Ahiko, Tadayuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.03.2017; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis; contact investigation; contact tracing; Elderly; elderly persons; Female; Humans; Japan - epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Odds Ratio; Risk Factors; Transmission among Elderly Persons, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, 2009–2015; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis - epidemiology; Tuberculosis - transmission; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; Japan; China; molecular epidemiology; bacteria; variable-number tandem-repeat analysis; contact tracing; Japan; contact investigation; reactivation; latent infection; TB; respiratory infections; epidemiology; elderly persons; transmission; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; VNTR

In many countries with low to moderate tuberculosis (TB) incidence, cases have shifted to elderly persons. It is unclear, however, whether these cases are associated with recent Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission or represent reactivation of past disease. During 2009-2015, we performed a popula...