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Recommendations for the screening of paediatric latent tuberculosis infection in indigenous communities: a systematic review of screening strategies among high-risk groups in low-incidence countries
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a global public health concern. Due to the presence of multiple risk factors such as poor housing conditions and food insecurity in Canadian Indigenous communities, this population is at particularly high risk of TB infection. Given the challenges of scr...
Autores principales: | Faust, Lena, McCarthy, Anne, Schreiber, Yoko |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6090746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30081879 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5886-7 |
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