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How immigration affects the burden of tuberculosis among foreign-born Canadians: estimates with dynamic models

2025-01-25 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundDespite only comprising about a quarter of the total population of Canada, foreign-born individuals bear about three-quarters of the burden of active tuberculosis (TB) cases. New immigrants arriving in Canada are screened for active TB, but generally not for latent TB infection (LTBI); thus the burden of LTBI among foreign-born Canadians is not well understood. MethodsTo investigate the impact of immigration on the burden of TB among foreign-born Canadians, we develop an SEIR-compartm...

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