A Step toward Tuberculosis Elimination in a Low-Incidence Country: Successful Diagnosis and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in a Refugee Clinic

Objectives. Approximately 65 percent of tuberculosis (TB) cases in Canada each year occur from reactivation in foreign-born individuals. Refugees are at high risk after immigration. Routine screening of this population for latent TB infection (LTBI) is generally considered infeasible. We evaluated t...

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Publicado no:Can Respir J
Main Authors: Rennert-May, Elissa, Hansen, Elisabeth, Zadeh, Toktam, Krinke, Valerie, Houston, Stan, Cooper, Ryan
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Research Article
Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4904499/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27445565
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7980869
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