Latent Tuberculosis Screening Using Electronic Health Record Data
Screening for latent tuberculosis infection is recommended for foreign-born persons in the United States. We used proxy data from electronic health records to determine that 17.5% of foreign-born outpatients attending the UC San Diego Health clinic (San Diego, CA, USA) underwent screening. Ending th...
Main Authors: | Jeffrey D. Jenks, Richard S. Garfein, Wenhong Zhu, Michael Hogarth |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2020-09-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/9/19-1391_article |
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