The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends screening people at high risk for TB
List five populations at high risk for developing active disease.
• Medically underserved populations
• Recent immigrants from countries with high prevalence of TB
• Persons who have spent time with someone who has TB
• Alcoholics and intravenous (IV) drug abusers
• Residents and staff of acute and long-term care facilities, prisons, detention facilities, homeless
shelters, and residential facilities.
• Those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or another chronic disease associated
with immunosuppression.
• Medical personnel who work in mycobacteriology laboratories.
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