Active Tuberculosis among Homeless Persons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1998–2007

Active Tuberculosis among Homeless Persons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1998–2007

While tuberculosis (TB) in Canadian cities is increasingly affecting foreign-born persons, homeless persons remain at high risk. To assess trends in TB, we studied all homeless persons in Toronto who had a diagnosis of active TB during 1998–2007. We compared Canada-born and foreign-born homeless per...

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Main Authors: Kamran Khan, Elizabeth Rea, Cameron McDermaid, Rebecca Stuart, Catharine Chambers, Jun Wang, Angie Chan, Michael Gardam, Frances B. Jamieson, Jae Yang, Stephen W. Hwang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
homeless persons
epidemiology
molecular epidemiology
clinical medicine
tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/3/10-0833_article

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