Tuberculosis among foreign-born persons diagnosed ≥10 years after arrival in the united states, 2010–2015

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 295-298

  Tsang, Clarisse A ^a   Langer, Adam J ^a   Navin, Thomas R ^a   Armstrong, Lori R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016205721     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6611a3     Document Type: Article

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