Skin-Test Screening and Tuberculosis Transmission among the Homeless

We describe the implementation of a mandatory tuberculosis (TB) screening program that uses symptom screening and tuberculin skin testing in homeless shelters. We used the results of DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to evaluate the effect of the program on TB incidence and t...

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Autores principales: Kong, Po-Marn, Tapy, Jan, Calixto, Patricia, Burman, William J., Reves, Randall R., Yang, Zhenhua, Cave, M. Donald
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12453356
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0811.020306

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12453356
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0811.020306

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