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Researchers from McGill University, Health Center discuss findings in life sciences
June 10th, 2008
New research, 'Challenges to tuberculin screening and follow-up in an urban Aboriginal sample in Montreal, Canada,' is the subject of a report. "We sought to describe the prevalence and predictors of tuberculin skin test (TST) reactors in a high-risk sample of urban Aboriginal people, and to evaluate adherence to medical evaluation and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) treatment among those with TST reactivity. Of the 164 participants tested, 86% returned for TST reading," scientists writing in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved report. "Positive TST reactions (>or=10 mm) were observed in 17.7% (25/141, 95% CI 11.4-24.0) of...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-10)
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