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Cost-Effectiveness of Screening and Treating Foreign-Born Students for Tuberculosis before Entering the United States
INTRODUCTION: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering implementation of overseas medical screening of student-visa applicants to reduce the numbers of active tuberculosis cases entering the United States. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the costs, cases averted, and cost-effectiveness o...
Autores principales: | Wingate, La’Marcus T., Coleman, Margaret S., Posey, Drew L., Zhou, Weigong, Olson, Christine K., Maskery, Brian, Cetron, Martin S., Painter, John A. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4414530/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25924009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124116 |
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