Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7525532 | Public Health | 2018 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The addition of a second step to the refugee screening process was correlated with significant improvements in the county's success in tracking and treating cases of LTBI in refugees. Given the disproportionate importance of foreign-born cases of LTBI to the incidence of TB disease in low-incidence countries, these improvements could have a substantial impact on overall TB control, and the process described could serve as a model for other local health department refugee screening programs.
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Authors
E.M. Einterz, O. Younge, C. Hadi,