Active tuberculosis case-finding among drug users and homeless persons: after the outbreak
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Active Tuberculosis among Homeless Persons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1998–2007
While tuberculosis (TB) in Canadian cities is increasingly affecting foreign-born persons, homeless persons remain at high risk. To assess trends in TB, we studied all homeless persons in Toronto who had a diagnosis of active TB during 1998-2007. We compared Canada-born and foreign-born homeless persons and assessed changes over time. We identified 91 homeless persons with active TB; they typic...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00284-2016