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Migration and tuberculosis transmission in a middle-income country: a cross-sectional study in a central area of São Paulo, Brazil
27 Apr 2018
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BACKGROUND: Little is known about the impact of growing migration on the pattern of tuberculosis (TB) transmission in middle-income countries. We estimated TB recent transmission and its associated factors and investigated the presence of cross-transmission between South American migrants and Brazilians. METHODS: We studied a convenient sample of cases of people with pulmonary TB in a central area of São Paulo,...
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