Open AccessLatent Tuberculosis Infection Screening in Foreign-Born Populations: A Successful Mobile Clinic Outreach Model
Author(s) -
Jamie P. Morano,
Alexei Zelenev,
Mary Walton,
R. Douglas Bruce,
Frederick L. Altice
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.301897
Subject(s) - medicine , latent tuberculosis , odds ratio , confidence interval , tuberculin , tuberculosis , demography , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , sociology
We evaluated the efficacy of a mobile medical clinic (MMC) screening program for detecting latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and active tuberculosis.