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Uniting for Ukraine Tuberculosis Screening Experience, San Francisco, California, USA.

Louie, Janice K; Agraz-Lara, Rocio; Romo, Laura; Deiterich, Cristy; Xing, Cathleen; Graves, Susannah.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 29(8): 1651-1654, 2023 08.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37486210

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Ukraine surveillance data suggest high tuberculosis (TB) incidence, including multidrug resistance. Of 299 newcomers from Ukraine screened in San Francisco, California, USA, by using an interferon-Î³-release-assay (IGRA) and chest radiograph, 7.4% were IGRA positive and 1 had laboratory-confirmed pansusceptible TB. Screening with IGRA and chest radiograph can help characterize TB risk.

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Latent Tuberculosis , Tuberculosis , Humans , Tuberculin Test , San Francisco , Ukraine/epidemiology , Tuberculosis/diagnosis , Tuberculosis/epidemiology , Interferon-gamma Release Tests , Mass Screening , Latent Tuberculosis/epidemiology

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