Open AccessPreventing Infectious Pulmonary Tuberculosis Among Foreign-Born Residents of the United States
Author(s) -
Amy L. Davidow,
Dolly Katz,
Smita Ghosh,
Henry M. Blumberg,
Ashutosh Tamhane,
Anna Sevilla,
Randall Reves
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2015.302662
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , sputum , confidence interval , infectious disease (medical specialty) , latent tuberculosis , acid fast , family medicine , demography , environmental health , pediatrics , disease , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , sociology
We described risk factors associated with infectious tuberculosis (TB) and missed TB-prevention opportunities in foreign-born US residents, who account for almost two thirds of the nation's TB patients.