Risk of progression to active tuberculosis among foreign-born persons with latent tuberculosis

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1811-1816

  Patel, Shalini ^a   Parsyan, Armen E ^c   Gunn, Julia ^d   Barry, M Anita ^d   Reed, Carrie ^b   Sharnprapai, Sharon ^e   Horsburgh Jr , C Robert ^b,f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Boston Public Health Commissions   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign birth; HIV infection; Latent tuberculosis infection; Recent immigration; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250816874     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2601     Document Type: Article

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