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. 2023 Aug;29(8):1651-1654.
doi: 10.3201/eid2908.230347.

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

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

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

Janice K Louie et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Aug.

Abstract

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-γ-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.

Keywords: California; IGRA; San Francisco; TB; U4U; Ukraine; United States; Uniting for Ukraine Tuberculosis Screening Experience; bacteria; interferon-γ-release assay; parolees; screening; tuberculosis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.

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