Is there a fundamental flaw in Canada's post-arrival immigrant surveillance system for tuberculosis?

<h4>Background</h4>New immigrants to Canada with a history of tuberculosis or evidence of old healed tuberculosis on chest radiograph are referred to public health authorities for medical surveillance. This ostensible public health protection measure identifies a subgroup of patients (re...

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Main Authors: Richard Long, Leyla Asadi, Courtney Heffernan, James Barrie, Christopher Winter, Mary Lou Egedahl, Catherine Paulsen, Brenden Kunimoto, Dick Menzies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212706