What percentage of primary infections progress to active tuberculosis?
Answer: Five percent of those primarily infected will develop reactivation tuberculosis in the first 1 to 2 years. Another 5% will develop reactivation infection sometime later in life. Normal infected individuals have a 10% lifetime risk of active infection, while immunocompromised patients are at substantially higher risk.
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