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Cost-effectiveness of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Screening before Immigration to Low-Incidence Countries

Prospective migrants to countries where the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is low (low-incidence countries) receive TB screening; however, screening for latent TB infection (LTBI) before immigration is rare. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of mandated and sponsored preimmigration LTBI screening...

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Autores principales: Campbell, Jonathon R., Johnston, James C., Cook, Victoria J., Sadatsafavi, Mohsen, Elwood, R. Kevin, Marra, Fawziah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30882302
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2504.171630