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Cost-effectiveness of post-landing latent tuberculosis infection control strategies in new migrants to Canada
BACKGROUND: The majority of tuberculosis in migrants to Canada occurs due to reactivation of latent TB infection. Risk of tuberculosis in those with latent tuberculosis infection can be significantly reduced with treatment. Presently, only 2.4% of new migrants are flagged for post-landing surveillan...
Autores principales: | Campbell, Jonathon R., Johnston, James C., Sadatsafavi, Mohsen, Cook, Victoria J., Elwood, R. Kevin, Marra, Fawziah |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5662173/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29084227 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186778 |
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