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...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey D. Jenks, Richard S. Garfein, Wenhong Zhu, Michael Hogarth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-09-01
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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