TY - JOUR AU - Noppert, Grace A. AU - Wilson, Mark L. AU - Clarke, Philippa AU - Ye, Wen AU - Davidson, Peter AU - Yang, Zhenhua PY - 2017 DA - 2017/06/02 TI - Race and nativity are major determinants of tuberculosis in the U.S.: evidence of health disparities in tuberculosis incidence in Michigan, 2004–2012 JO - BMC Public Health SP - 538 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - The incidence of TB in Michigan was 1.5 per 100,000 people in 2012, roughly half the U.S. incidence. Despite successes in TB control, disparities in TB still exist in Michigan, particularly by race, age, and nativity. A major challenge in understanding disparities in TB burden is distinguishing between TB cases resulting from recent transmission and those resulting from reactivation of latent TB infection, information critical to tailoring control strategies. We examined nine-year trends in tuberculosis (TB) incidence patterns for the entire population of Michigan, and within demographic subgroups. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4461-y DO - 10.1186/s12889-017-4461-y ID - Noppert2017 ER -