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Effect of a Culture-Based Screening Algorithm on Tuberculosis Incidence in Immigrants and Refugees Bound for the United States

BACKGROUND: Before 2007, U.S.-bound immigrants and refugees were screened for tuberculosis (TB) by a smear-based algorithm that could not diagnose smear-negative and culture-positive TB. In 2007, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began to implement a culture-based algorithm. OBJECTIVE:...

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Publicado en:Ann Intern Med
Main Authors: Liu, Yecai, Posey, Drew L., Cetron, Martin S., Painter, John A.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4646057/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25775314
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7326/M14-2082
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