Luis S Ortega
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Liu Y, Posey D, Yang Q, Weinberg M, Maloney S, Lambert L, et al.
Ann Am Thorac Soc
. 2021 Dec;
19(6):943-951.
PMID: 34941475
Approximately two-thirds of new cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the United States are among non-U.S.-born persons. Culture-based overseas TB screening in U.S.-bound immigrants and refugees has substantially reduced the importation...
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Posey D, Naughton M, Willacy E, Russell M, Olson C, Godwin C, et al.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
. 2014 Mar;
63(11):234-6.
PMID: 24647399
For more than two decades, as the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases overall in the United States has declined, the proportion of cases among foreign-born persons has increased. In 2013,...
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Lee D, Philen R, Wang Z, McSpadden P, Posey D, Ortega L, et al.
MMWR Surveill Summ
. 2013 Nov;
62(7):1-20.
PMID: 24225411
Problem/condition: Approximately 450,000 legal permanent immigrants and 75,000 refugees enter the United States annually after receiving required medical examinations by overseas panel physicians (physicians who follow the CDC medical screening...
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Liu Y, Painter J, Posey D, Cain K, Weinberg M, Maloney S, et al.
PLoS One
. 2012 Mar;
7(2):e32158.
PMID: 22384165
Background: Among approximately 163.5 million foreign-born persons admitted to the United States annually, only 500,000 immigrants and refugees are required to undergo overseas tuberculosis (TB) screening. It is unclear what...
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Liu Y, Weinberg M, Ortega L, Painter J, Maloney S
N Engl J Med
. 2009 Jun;
360(23):2406-15.
PMID: 19494216
Background: In 2007, a total of 57.8% of the 13,293 new cases of tuberculosis in the United States were diagnosed in foreign-born persons, and the tuberculosis rate among foreign-born persons...