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Tuberculosis
Research from M.E. Mcpherson and co-authors yields new data on tuberculosis
July 22nd, 2008
In this recent report, researchers in Melbourne, Australia conducted a study "To examine the risk of tuberculosis (TB) in migrants a decade after their arrival in Australia. setting and patients: Retrospective review of laboratory-confirmed cases of TB in migrants diagnosed between 1990 and 2004 by the state TB reference laboratory in Victoria, analysed by a multivariate model comparing migrants diagnosed 10 or more years after arrival with those diagnosed within 10 years of arrival." "Time to diagnosis; characteristics of migrants diagnosed with TB, including age, sex, region of birth, site of infection, and drug resistance. A third of migrants (734/1924) were...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-22)
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