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Pre-immigration Screening for Tuberculosis in South Korea: A Comparison of Smear- and Culture-Based Protocols

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is the most important disease screened for upon patient history review during preimmigration medical examinations as performed in South Korea in prospective immigrants to certain Western countries. In 2007, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) chang...

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Autores principales:	Lee, Sangyoon, Ryu, Ji Young, Kim, Dae-Hwan
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2019
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6435930/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30302957 http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2018.0009

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