The use of maximum likelihood methods to estimate the risk of tuberculous infection and disease in a Canadian First Nations population

• Published in: International Journal of Epidemiology
• Main Authors: Clark, Michael, Vynnycky, Emilia
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2004
• Subjects: Special Theme: Methodology; Canada; British Columbia; Ari; First Nations
• Online Access: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/3/477; https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh001

Background Tuberculosis (TB) notification rates among First Nations people in British Columbia, Canada, are higher than those among non-First Nations people, although rates are declining more rapidly in the First Nations population. The epidemiology of tuberculous infection and disease during the pe...