Estimating the Impact of Newly Arrived Foreign-Born Persons on Tuberculosis in the United States

BACKGROUND: Among approximately 163.5 million foreign-born persons admitted to the United States annually, only 500,000 immigrants and refugees are required to undergo overseas tuberculosis (TB) screening. It is unclear what extent of the unscreened nonimmigrant visitors contributes to the burden of...

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Autores principales: Liu, Yecai, Painter, John A., Posey, Drew L., Cain, Kevin P., Weinberg, Michelle S., Maloney, Susan A., Ortega, Luis S., Cetron, Martin S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3287989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22384165
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032158

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3287989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22384165
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032158

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