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Skin-Test Screening and Tuberculosis Transmission among the Homeless1

1 Nov 2002

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We describe the implementation of a mandatory tuberculosis (TB) screening program that uses symptom screening and tuberculin skin testing in homeless shelters. We used the results of DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to evaluate the effect of the program on TB incidence and transmission. After the program was implemented, the proportion of cases among homeless persons detected by screening...

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PMID: 12453356
DOI: 10.3201/eid0811.020306

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