PMID- 10051259
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990401
LR  - 20211203
IS  - 1073-449X (Print)
IS  - 1073-449X (Linking)
VI  - 159
IP  - 3
DP  - 1999 Mar
TI  - A study of tuberculosis among foreign-born Hispanic persons in the U.S. States 
      bordering Mexico.
PG  - 834-7
AB  - In 1996, 10% of the 20,973 U.S. tuberculosis (TB) cases were among foreign-born 
      (FB) Hispanic persons, with the four states bordering Mexico accounting for 83% 
      of FBH cases. Limited information is available on this population's health care 
      seeking and migration practices and on differences between FB Hispanic patients 
      in border and nonborder areas. Therefore, we conducted interviews and record 
      reviews for all consenting FB Hispanic TB patients from eight counties bordering 
      Mexico (BC; n = 167) and seven urban nonborder counties (NBC; n = 158) in these 
      States during 1995-1997. BC patients had resided in the U.S. longer than NBC 
      patients (17.4 versus 10.8 yr; p < 0.01), had immigrated more often from Mexican 
      border communities (62.4% versus 25.4%; p < 0.01), and had returned to Mexico 
      more often in the past 12 mo (71.5% versus 47.3%; p < 0. 01). TB symptoms were 
      present for >/= 6 mo in 37% of BC and 34% of NBC patients. Binational 
      collaboration is essential for improving TB control in both countries and should 
      extend beyond border areas of Mexico.
FAU - Wells, C D
AU  - Wells CD
AD  - Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Sexually 
      Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis Prevention, Centers for Disease Control 
      and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
FAU - Ocana, M
AU  - Ocana M
FAU - Moser, K
AU  - Moser K
FAU - Bergmire-Sweat, D
AU  - Bergmire-Sweat D
FAU - Mohle-Boetani, J C
AU  - Mohle-Boetani JC
FAU - Binkin, N J
AU  - Binkin NJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Respir Crit Care Med
JT  - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
JID - 9421642
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Central America/ethnology
MH  - *Emigration and Immigration
MH  - Female
MH  - *Hispanic or Latino
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mexico/ethnology
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Occupations
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Southwestern United States/epidemiology
MH  - Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/*ethnology
MH  - United States/epidemiology
EDAT- 1999/03/02 00:00
MHDA- 1999/03/02 00:01
CRDT- 1999/03/02 00:00
PHST- 1999/03/02 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/03/02 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/03/02 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1164/ajrccm.159.3.9712122 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1999 Mar;159(3):834-7. doi: 
      10.1164/ajrccm.159.3.9712122.