Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2023)

Uniting for Ukraine Tuberculosis Screening Experience, San Francisco, California, USA

  • Janice K. Louie,
  • Rocio Agraz-Lara,
  • Laura Romo,
  • Cristy Deiterich,
  • Cathleen Xing,
  • Susannah Graves

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2908.230347
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 8
pp. 1651 – 1654

Abstract

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Ukraine surveillance data suggest high tuberculosis (TB) incidence, including multidrug resistance. Of 299 newcomers from Ukraine screened in San Francisco, California, USA, by using an interferon-γ-release-assay (IGRA) and chest radiograph, 7.4% were IGRA positive and 1 had laboratory-confirmed pansusceptible TB. Screening with IGRA and chest radiograph can help characterize TB risk.

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