A 35-year-old male with newly diagnosed smear-positive pulmonary TB and a 28-year-old female household contact (asymptomatic, tuberculin skin test positive, chest X-ray normal) present to the TB clinic. Which epidemiological finding best distinguishes active TB disease from latent TB infection in this scenario?

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