A comparative examination of tuberculosis immigration medical screening programs from selected countries with high immigration and low tuberculosis incidence rates

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Alvarez, Gonzalo G ^a   Gushulak, Brian ^b   Rumman, Khaled A ^c   Altpeter, Ekkehardt ^d   Chemtob, Daniel ^e   Douglas, Paul ^f   Erkens, Connie ^g   Helbling, Peter ^d   Hamilton, Ingrid ^h   Jones, Jane ⁱ   Matteelli, Alberto ^j   Paty, Marie Claire ^k   Posey, Drew L ^l   Sagebiel, Daniel ^m   Slump, Erika ^g   Tegnell, Anders ⁿ   Valín, Elena R ^o   Winje, Brita A ^p   Ellis, Edward ^p  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Migration Health Consultants Inc   (Singapore)

^c National Tuberculosis Program   (Jordan)

^d Direktionsbereich Öffentliche Gesundheit   (Switzerland)

^e Department of Tuberculosis and AIDS   (Israel)

^f Department of Immigration and Citizenship Building C ^*  (Australia)

^g KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^h MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

ⁱ PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^k Bureau risque infectieux et politique vaccinale RI 1   (France)

^l CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^m ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

ⁿ NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^o CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^p PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ASIA; EUROPE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ASIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 78650775252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-3     Document Type: Article

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