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Screening for latent and active tuberculosis infection in the elderly at admission to residential care homes: A cost-effectiveness analysis in an intermediate disease burden area
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) in the elderly remains a challenge in intermediate disease burden areas like Hong Kong. Given a higher TB burden in the elderly and limited impact of current case-finding strategy by patient-initiated pathway, proactive screening approaches for the high-risk group could...
Autores principales: | Li, Jun, Yip, Benjamin H. K., Leung, Chichiu, Chung, Wankyo, Kwok, Kin On, Chan, Emily Y. Y., Yeoh, Engkiong, Chung, Puihong |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749681/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29293514 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189531 |
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