Evaluation of Immigrant Tuberculosis Screening in Industrialized Countries

In industrialized countries, tuberculosis (TB) cases are concentrated among immigrants and driven by reactivation of imported latent TB infection (LTBI). We examined mechanisms used to screen immigrants for TB and LTBI by sending an anonymous, 18-point questionnaire to 31 member countries of the Org...

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Autores principales: Pareek, Manish, Baussano, Iacopo, Abubakar, Ibrahim, Dye, Christopher, Lalvani, Ajit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3437731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22931959
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1809.120128

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3437731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22931959
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1809.120128

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