Implementation of new TB screening requirements for U.S.-bound immigrants and refugees - 2007-2014.

For more than two decades, as the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases overall in the United States has declined, the proportion of cases among foreign-born persons has increased. In 2013, the percentage of TB cases among those born outside the country was 64.6%. To address this trend, CDC has develope...

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Published in:MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Vol. 63; no. 11; pp. 234 - 237
Main Authors: Posey, Drew L, Naughton, Mary P, Willacy, Erika A, Russell, Michelle, Olson, Christine K, Godwin, Courtney M, McSpadden, Pamela S, White, Zachary A, Comans, Terry W, Ortega, Luis S, Guterbock, Michael, Weinberg, Michelle S, Cetron, Martin S
Format: Journal Article
Published: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) 3/21/2014
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