Tuberculosis Disease Among Nonimmigrant Visa Holders Reported to US Quarantine Stations, January 2011–June 2016

US-bound immigrants and refugees undergo a mandatory overseas medical examination that includes tuberculosis screening; this exam is not routinely required for temporary visitors applying for non-immigrant visas (NIV) to visit, work, or study in the United States. US health departments and foreign m...

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Published in:	Journal of immigrant and minority health Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 823 - 829
Main Authors:	Vonnahme, Laura A., Shaw, Kate M., Gulati, Reena K., Hollberg, Michelle R., Posey, Drew L., Regan, Joanna J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer US 01-10-2024 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Comparative Law Disease control Disease prevention Drug resistance Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data Epidemiology Female Health Humans Immigrants International & Foreign Law Long term Male Medical screening Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Migration Multidrug resistance Original Paper Physical examinations Private International Law Public Health Quarantine Refugees Screening Tests Sociology Surveillance Surveillance systems Travel Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - ethnology Tuberculosis - prevention & control Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - epidemiology Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - ethnology United States - epidemiology Visitors Young Adult United States United States > US Travelers Visa status Tuberculosis Overseas screening Migration
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