Skin-Test Screening and Tuberculosis Transmission among the Homeless

We describe the implementation of a mandatory tuberculosis (TB) screening program that uses symptom screening and tuberculin skin testing in homeless shelters. We used the results of DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to evaluate the effect of the program on TB incidence and t...

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Main Authors: Kong, Po-Marn, Tapy, Jan, Calixto, Patricia, Burman, William J., Reves, Randall R., Yang, Zhenhua, Cave, M. Donald
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738560/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12453356
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0811.020306
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