Tuberculosis transmission in the Indigenous peoples of the Canadian prairies.
Smit PatelCatherine PaulsenCourtney HeffernanDuncan SaundersMeenu SharmaMalcolm KingVernon HoeppnerPamela OrrDennis KunimotoDick MenziesSara ChristiansonJoyce WolfeJody BoffaKathleen McMullinCarmen Lopez-HilleAmbikaipakan SenthilselvanRichard LongPublished in: PloS one (2017)
In the prairie provinces of Canada and among Canadian-born persons, Indigenous peoples account for the vast majority of cases with the potential to transmit as well as the vast majority of infected contacts. Active case finding and preventative therapy measures need to focus on high-incidence Indigenous communities.