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CDC Study Shows Updated Overseas TB Screening Guidelines Identify More Cases - Media Advisory

A CDC study published today shows that because of new screening guidelines issued in 2007, physicians overseas identified 629 additional cases of tuberculosis (TB) in 2012 among immigrants and refugees bound for the United States.

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A CDC study published today shows that because of new screening guidelines issued in 2007, physicians overseas identified 629 additional cases of tuberculosis (TB) in 2012 among immigrants and refugees bound for the United States.

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