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Is there a fundamental flaw in Canada's post-arrival immigrant surveillance system for tuberculosis?

Richard LongLeyla AsadiCourtney HeffernanJames BarrieChristopher WinterMary Lou EgedahlCatherine PaulsenBrenden KunimotoDick Menzies
Published in: PloS one (2019)
Phenotypically different disease, and not earlier diagnosis, explains the difference in transmission risk between referrals and non-referrals. Screening, and treating high-risk non-referrals for latent tuberculosis is necessary to eliminate tuberculosis in Canada.
Keyphrases
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • pulmonary tuberculosis
  • hiv aids
  • public health