Bibliographic Details
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
Accession Number:
edsair.doi.dedup.....0743e4a06bcc4600973a2c20aaf8d3a1
Database:
OpenAIRE