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The incidence of tuberculosis after a measles outbreak.

Lee CH, Lee EG, Lee JY, Park K, Lee BH, Han H, Oh E, Kim HJ, Kang MK, Oh SY, Bai JY, Bai GH, Lee DH, Oh DK, Lee JK

Division of HIV and TB Control, Center for Genome Science, National Institute of Health, Seoul, Korea.

Among 53,974 cases of measles that occurred during the 2000-2001 outbreak in Korea, the incidence of tuberculosis following measles was 47 cases per 214,949.6 person-years, which was significantly lower than that in the general population (standardized incidence ratio, 0.73; 95% confidence interval, 0.54-0.96). In conclusion, we did not find a positive relationship between measles and tuberculosis.

Published 21 February 2008 in Clin Infect Dis, 46(6): 902-4.
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