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 MenziesPublished 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.