Latent tuberculosis in migrants travelling through the northeast regions of Mexico

Background: Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) affects nearly a quarter of the global population. Public health interventions aimed at interrupting tuberculosis transmission do not routinely include systematic screening of migrant populations for LTBI in Mexico, nor other high-income countries. Ho...

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Main Authors: Obed Medina-Macías, Philippe Stoesslé, Leonardo E. Perales-Rendón, Jorge E. Moreno-Cuevas, Francisco González-Salazar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579420300589