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Cost effectiveness analysis of implementing tuberculosis screening among applicants for non-immigrant U.S. work visas
BACKGROUND: While persons who receive immigrant and refugee visas are screened for active tuberculosis before admission into the United States, nonimmigrant visa applicants (NIVs) are not routinely screened and may enter the United States with infectious tuberculosis. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the co...
Autores principales: | Sayed, Bisma Ali, Posey, Drew L., Maskery, Brian, Wingate, La’Marcus T., Cetron, Martin S. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7761151/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33357237 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41479-020-00078-z |
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