ArticleThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses1995
Screening and treatment of immigrants and refugees to Canada for tuberculosis: Implications of the experience of Canada and other industrialized countries.
Article in The Canadian journal of infectious diseases = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses, 1995. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Health Beliefs and Barriers to Healthcare of Rohingya Refugees.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2023Article
- Factors Influencing the Accuracy of Infectious Disease Reporting in Migrants: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of screening immigrants schemes for tuberculosis (TB) on arrival from high TB endemic countries to low TB prevalent countries.African health sciences · 2014Review
- Tuberculosis: evidence review for newly arriving immigrants and refugees.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2011Review
- Screening immigrants to Canada for tuberculosis: chest radiography or tuberculin skin testing?CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2003Article
- Re-examining treatment of latent tuberculosis infection.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses · 2001Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the incidence of tuberculosis in immigrants and refugees in Canada and other industrialized countries; the effectiveness of the screening process; the incidence of drug resistance; recommendations for prophylaxis and therapy; and indications for and effectiveness of directly observed therapy. DATA SOURCES: medline search of literature published from 1985 to 1995 with the key words 'tuberculosis', 'Canada', 'screening', 'drug resistance', 'drug resistance, multiple', 'immigration and emigration', and the title words 'directly observed therapy'. STUDY SELECTION: All studies reporting data on incidence, the outcomes of screening, drug resistance, therapy and directly observed therapy were selected. DATA SYNTHESIS AND
conclusionsData synthesis led to the conclusions that immigrants and refugees to Canada have five times the nonimmigrant and non-Aboriginal rate of tuberculosis; that screening programs discover new cases of tuberculosis on and after arrival and that up to 20% of those scheduled to attend a tuberculosis clinic after arrival may never attend; that drug resistance is widespread in countries from which Canada receives immigrants; and that directly observed therapy for active cases can result in 100% conversion rates.
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