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: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2004
• Subjects: Ari; British Columbia; Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/14545/

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 p...