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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...
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. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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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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