Screening and Treatment of Immigrants and Refugees to Canada for Tuberculosis: Implications of the Experience of Canada and other Industrialized Countries | Zendy

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Screening and Treatment of Immigrants and Refugees to Canada for Tuberculosis: Implications of the Experience of Canada and other Industrialized Countries

Author(s) -

Roger E. Thomas,

Brian D. Gushulak

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1918-1493

pISSN - 1712-9532

DOI - 10.1155/1995/271936

Subject(s) - tuberculosis , immigration , medicine , incidence (geometry) , refugee , drug resistance , emigration , developed country , drug resistant tuberculosis , family medicine , environmental health , population , mycobacterium tuberculosis , political science , pathology , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , law , optics , biology

To assess the incidence of tuberculosis in immigrants and refugees in Canada and other industrialized countries; the effectiveness of the screening process; the incidence of drug resistance; recommendations for prophylaxis and therapy; and indications for and effectiveness of directly observed therapy.

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