Tuberculosis in international immigrants: Profile and vulnerability of cases residing in the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

• Main Authors: Denise Gonçalves (Author), Rubia Laine de Paula Andrade (Author), Antônio Ruffino Netto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To analyze the profile of immigrants with tuberculosis (TB) and to identify the associated vulnerability characteristics. Methods: A cross-sectional study which used TB-WEB data from cases residing in São Paulo in 2016 (203 immigrants and 6,069 non-immigrants). The variables were analyze...