A cost-benefit analysis of a proposed overseas refugee latent tuberculosis infection screening and treatment program

BACKGROUND: This study explored the effect of screening and treatment of refugees for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) before entrance to the United States as a strategy for reducing active tuberculosis (TB). The purpose of this study was to estimate the costs and benefits of LTBI screening and...

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Autores principales: Wingate, La’Marcus T., Coleman, Margaret S., de la Motte Hurst, Christopher, Semple, Marie, Zhou, Weigong, Cetron, Martin S., Painter, John A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4666176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26627449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2530-7

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