Stochastic agent-based modeling of tuberculosis in Canadian Indigenous communities

• Main Authors: Ashleigh R. Tuite (Author), Victor Gallant (Author), Elaine Randell (Author), Annie-Claude Bourgeois (Author), Amy L. Greer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Canada, active tuberculosis (TB) disease rates remain disproportionately higher among the Indigenous population, especially among the Inuit in the north. We used mathematical modeling to evaluate how interventions might enhance existing TB control efforts in a region of Nunavu...