Tuberculosis among children visiting friends & relatives.
Tomas Maria Perez-PorcunaAntoni Noguera-JulianMaria Teresa Riera-BoschEsperança Macià-RieradevallJosé Santos-SantiagoMaria Àngels Rifà PujolMaria ErilLídia Aulet-MolistEmma Padilla-EstebaMaria Teresa TórtolaJordi Gómez I PratAnna Vilamala BastarrasJosep Sebastià Rebull-FatsiniAndrea PapaleoNeus Rius-GordilloAlessandra Q GonçalvesÀngels Naranjo-OrihuelaMarta UrgellesMónica G García-LerínGemma Jimenez-LladserBeatriz Lorenzo-PinoMónica Adriana Giuliano-CuelloMaria Teresa Pascual-SánchezMónica Marco-GarcíaRosa AbellanaMaria EspiauMaria Nieves Altet-GómezAngels Orcau-PalauJoan A CaylàAntoni Soriano-ArandesPublished in: Journal of travel medicine (2024)
The risk of LTBI in children VFR in high-TB-incidence countries may equal, or perhaps even exceed, the infection risk of the native population. The primary associated risk factor was the presence of smokers in the household. Furthermore, the incidence rate of active TB largely surpassed that of the countries visited. Children VFR in high-TB-incidence countries should be targeted for diagnostic and preventive interventions.