Tuberculosis Incidence in Immigrants and Refugees. In Response

Comment

Yecai Liu et al. Ann Intern Med. 2015.

. 2015 Jul 21;163(2):150-1.

doi: 10.7326/L15-5111-2.

No abstract available

Comment on

Effect of a culture-based screening algorithm on tuberculosis incidence in immigrants and refugees bound for the United States: a population-based cross-sectional study.
Liu Y, Posey DL, Cetron MS, Painter JA. Liu Y, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2015 Mar 17;162(6):420-8. doi: 10.7326/M14-2082. Ann Intern Med. 2015. PMID: 25775314 Free PMC article.
Tuberculosis Incidence in Immigrants and Refugees.
Challa AA. Challa AA. Ann Intern Med. 2015 Jul 21;163(2):149-50. doi: 10.7326/L15-5111. Ann Intern Med. 2015. PMID: 26192571 No abstract available.

1. Liu Y, Painter JA, Posey DL, Cain KP, Weinberg MS, Maloney SA, et al. Estimating the impact of newly arrived foreign-born persons on tuberculosis in the United States. PLoS One. 2012;7:e32158. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032158. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Walter ND, Painter J, Parker M, Lowenthal P, Flood J, Fu Y, et al. Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies Consortium. Persistent latent tuberculosis reactivation risk in United States immigrants. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014;189:88–95. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201308-1480OC. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Lowenthal P, Westenhouse J, Moore M, Posey DL, Watt JP, Flood J. Reduced importation of tuberculosis after the implementation of an enhanced pre-immigration screening protocol. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011;15:761–6. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0370. - DOI - PubMed
1. Oeltmann JE, Varma JK, Ortega L, Liu Y, O’Rourke T, Cano M, et al. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak among US-bound Hmong refugees, Thailand, 2005. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008;14:1715–21. doi: 10.3201/eid1411.071629. - DOI - PMC - PubMed