Cost-Effectiveness of Screening and Treating Foreign-Born Students for Tuberculosis before Entering the United States

La’Marcus T. Wingate; Margaret S. Coleman; Drew L. Posey; Weigong Zhou; Christine K. Olson; Brian Maskery; Martin S. Cetron; John A. Painter

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124116

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Cost-Effectiveness of Screening and Treating Foreign-Born Students for Tuberculosis before Entering the United States

La’Marcus T. Wingate ,

* E-mail: latewing@gmail.com

Affiliation Division of Global Migration and Quarantine; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Margaret S. Coleman ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Margaret S. Coleman, Martin S. Cetron, John A. Painter

Affiliation Division of Global Migration and Quarantine; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Drew L. Posey,

Affiliation Division of Global Migration and Quarantine; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Weigong Zhou,

Affiliation Division of Global Migration and Quarantine; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Christine K. Olson,

Affiliation Division of Global Migration and Quarantine; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Brian Maskery,

Affiliation Division of Global Migration and Quarantine; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Martin S. Cetron ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Margaret S. Coleman, Martin S. Cetron, John A. Painter

Affiliation Division of Global Migration and Quarantine; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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John A. Painter

Contributed equally to this work with: Margaret S. Coleman, Martin S. Cetron, John A. Painter

Affiliation Division of Global Migration and Quarantine; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Cost-Effectiveness of Screening and Treating Foreign-Born Students for Tuberculosis before Entering the United States

La’Marcus T. Wingate,
Margaret S. Coleman,
Drew L. Posey,
Weigong Zhou,
Christine K. Olson,
Brian Maskery,
Martin S. Cetron,
John A. Painter

Published: April 29, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124116

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