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Growing proportion of TB cases in Toronto homeless shelters are among immigrants
Published on February 16, 2011
TORONTO - A study of homeless people with tuberculosis in Canada's largest city found that almost one in five died within 12 months of being diagnosed.
The study in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases identified 91 homeless people with active TB in Toronto from 1998 to 2007.
It also found that a growing proportion of tuberculosis cases in the city's homeless shelters — 40 per cent — are among immigrants.
Of these, 56 per cent involved strains not known to circulate among the homeless in Toronto and were likely acquired in other parts of the world.
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http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/C...onto-homeless-shelters-are-among-immigrants/1
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Also see: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2011/02/16/tuberculosis-homeless-toronto.html
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TB deaths in homeless not improving: study
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 | 5:09 PM ET
Published on February 16, 2011
TORONTO - A study of homeless people with tuberculosis in Canada's largest city found that almost one in five died within 12 months of being diagnosed.
The study in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases identified 91 homeless people with active TB in Toronto from 1998 to 2007.
It also found that a growing proportion of tuberculosis cases in the city's homeless shelters — 40 per cent — are among immigrants.
Of these, 56 per cent involved strains not known to circulate among the homeless in Toronto and were likely acquired in other parts of the world.
More...
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/C...onto-homeless-shelters-are-among-immigrants/1
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Also see: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2011/02/16/tuberculosis-homeless-toronto.html
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TB deaths in homeless not improving: study
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 | 5:09 PM ET
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