Tuberculosis in Canada and the United States: a review of trends from 1953 to 2015.

CONCLUSION: Case definition change and HIV coinfection contributed to the 1980 US rate increase. TB rates decreased in both countries from 1997, but more rapidly in the USA. The Canada proportion of foreign-born and Indigenous populations was higher. When US rates were standardized by Canada ethnic distribution, the national rates were similar. Further exploration of factors contributing to differences between these countries is needed. PMID: 31286461 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - July 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Essien SK, Epp T, Waldner C, Wobeser W, Hoeppner V Tags: Can J Public Health Source Type: research

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