Screening for latent tuberculosis infection among undocumented immigrants in Swiss healthcare centres; a descriptive exploratory study

BACKGROUND: Migration is one of the major causes of tuberculosis in developed countries. Undocumented patients are usually not screened at the border and are not covered by a health insurance increasing their risk of developing the disease unnoticed. Urban health centres could help identify this pop...

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Autores principales: Bodenmann, Patrick, Vaucher, Paul, Wolff, Hans, Favrat, Bernard, de Tribolet, Fanny, Masserey, Eric, Zellweger, Jean-Pierre
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2667187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19317899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-34

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2667187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19317899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-34

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