Case of tuberculosis confirmed at ICE detention center in Aurora

Article CAIRCO note: 
From article: discovery was made ... medical screening with a woman who was transferred to the center after she was found illegally entering the U.S. from Mexico.
Article author: 
Erika Gonzalez and David Mitchell
Article publisher: 
KDVR Fox 31
Article date: 
29 March 2018
Article category: 
Colorado News
Tags: 
ICE
cost
disease
illegal aliens
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An individual has tested positive for tuberculosis at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Aurora ...

According to an ICE spokesman, the discovery was made during a follow-up medical screening with a woman who was transferred to the center after she was found illegally entering the U.S. from Mexico.

The woman tested positive for TB and was prescribed the standard medication.

Other individuals at the detention center who came into contact with her are being tested for TB ...

CAIRCO Research

[PDF]  CDC / Cost Per Case: 

The Outsized Financial Toll of MDR and XDR TB Cost increases with greater resistance:  

$294,000 per MDR TB [ multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis] 
$694,000 per XDR TB [drug-resistant Tuberculosis]
 $46,000 non-MDR TB 
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"Tuberculosis is highly endemic in Mexico" , December 11, 2017

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