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Title: Better data to drive more effective care for people with latent tuberculosis infection in Canada
Authors: Essue, Beverley M., Milinkovic, Deborah, Birch, Stephen
Source: Essue, B M, Milinkovic, D & Birch, S 2018, 'Better data to drive more effective care for people with latent tuberculosis infection in Canada', CMAJ, vol. 190, no. 23, pp. E700-E701. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.180488
Publisher Information: CMA Impact Inc., 2018.
Publication Year: 2018
Subject Terms: Canada, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use, Canada/epidemiology, Antitubercular Agents, Emigrants and Immigrants, Emigrants and Immigrants/statistics & numerical data, Health Priorities/organization & administration, Latent Tuberculosis, Communicable Disease Control/organization & administration, Humans, Mass Screening, Latent Tuberculosis/drug therapy, Mass Screening/organization & administration, Assessment of Medication Adherence, Practice, Health Priorities, Health Knowledge, 4. Education, 1. No poverty, General Medicine, 3. Good health, 2700 Medicine, Attitudes, Health Care Surveys, Medication Adherence/statistics & numerical data, Communicable Disease Control, Practice Guidelines as Topic
Description: KEY POINTS Seventy percent of recent migrants to Canada come from areas where tuberculosis (TB) is endemic, and 50% are estimated to have latent TB infection.[1][1] People with latent TB infection in Canada currently number over 1.5 million,[2][2] but this could rise by 120 000 new cases each year
Document Type: Article
Other literature type
Language: English
ISSN: 1488-2329
0820-3946
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.180488
Access URL: https://www.cmaj.ca/content/cmaj/190/23/E700.full.pdf
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29891473
https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a3b42af
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29891473
https://www.cmaj.ca/content/190/23/E700?rss=1
https://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/29891473
https://www.cmaj.ca/content/190/23/E700
https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/better-data-to-drive-more-effective-care-for-people-with-latent-tuberculosis-infection-in-canada(6dfe6000-741f-4dfe-a5cf-f9d4902d4f4f).html
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Abstract:KEY POINTS Seventy percent of recent migrants to Canada come from areas where tuberculosis (TB) is endemic, and 50% are estimated to have latent TB infection.[1][1] People with latent TB infection in Canada currently number over 1.5 million,[2][2] but this could rise by 120 000 new cases each year
ISSN:14882329
08203946
DOI:10.1503/cmaj.180488