TY - JOUR
T1 - Increased risk for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in migratory workers, armenia
AU - Truzyan, Nune
AU - Crape, Byron
AU - Grigoryan, Ruzanna
AU - Martirosyan, Hripsime
AU - Petrosyan, Varduhi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - To understand use of tuberculosis (TB) services for migrant workers, we conducted a cross-sectional census of 95 mi grant workers with TB from Armenia by using medical re cord reviews and face-to-face interviews. Prolonged time between diagnosis and treatment, treatment interruption, and treatment defaults caused by migrant work might in- crease the risk for multidrug-resistant TB.
AB - To understand use of tuberculosis (TB) services for migrant workers, we conducted a cross-sectional census of 95 mi grant workers with TB from Armenia by using medical re cord reviews and face-to-face interviews. Prolonged time between diagnosis and treatment, treatment interruption, and treatment defaults caused by migrant work might in- crease the risk for multidrug-resistant TB.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid2103.140474
DO - 10.3201/eid2103.140474
M3 - Article
C2 - 25695488
AN - SCOPUS:84923171497
VL - 21
SP - 474
EP - 476
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
SN - 1080-6040
IS - 3
ER -