Immigrant screening for latent tuberculosis infection: numbers needed to test and treat, a Norwegian population-based cohort study

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the number needed to screen (NNS) and the number needed to treat (NNT) to prevent one tuberculosis (TB) case in the Norwegian immigrant latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening programme and to explore the effect of delay of LTBI treatment initiation. DESIGN: Population...

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Autores principales: Winje, Brita Askeland, Grøneng, Gry Marysol, White, Richard Aubrey, Akre, Peter, Aavitsland, Preben, Heldal, Einar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
Materias:
Infectious Diseases
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6340421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30782706
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023412

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6340421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30782706
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023412

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