22 Percent of Resettled Refugees in Minnesota Test Positive for Tuberculosis

The most common risk factor for TB cases in Minnesota is being from a country where TB is common.


One of every five refugees resettled in Minnesota by the federal government tested positive for latent tuberculosis in 2014, according to the state’s Department of Health. Only 4 percent of the general population in the United States tested positive for latent tuberculosis in the most recent report provided by the Centers for Disease Control. The April 2016 edition of the Refugee Health Quarterly, published by the Minnesota Department of Health reports that: Read more at Breitbart News...

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