Open AccessHigher Rates of Tuberculosis Among Class B1 Filipino Immigrants to Hawaii Compared to Nationwide, 2010–2014
Author(s) -
Kristine M Schmit,
Richard Brostrom,
Angela Largen,
Alexandra Pyan,
Zanju Wang,
Sundari Mase,
Sapna Bamrah Morris
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of immigrant and minority health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.758
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1557-1920
pISSN - 1557-1912
DOI - 10.1007/s10903-019-00855-z
Subject(s) - immigration , public health , tuberculosis , medicine , environmental health , demography , gerontology , geography , sociology , nursing , pathology , archaeology
Immigrants to the United States from countries with a high burden of tuberculosis (TB) who have abnormal chest radiographs but negative sputum cultures during pre-immigration screening (TB Class B1) have a high risk of being diagnosed with TB disease within 1 year of arrival.