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This issue of the Journal contains two articles that bear on the status of tuberculosis in the United States. One is a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on tuberculosis in foreign-born persons,¹ and the other is a Sounding Board article by Ziv and Lo on the potential consequences for health care of California's Proposition 187.² These articles raise several important issues, which can be placed in context by a brief review of contemporary principles of tuberculosis control. The two fundamental components of U.S. public health policy for the control of tuberculosis are the early identification . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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