Tuberculosis control among people in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

Background: People detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are a high-risk population for tuberculosis (TB). Detainees are screened for TB upon intake, and TB patients are reported to the Division of Immigration Health Services (DIHS).

Methods: TB case reports were reviewed for ICE detainees reported to DIHS during 2004-2005.

Human cargo: health conditions of Chinese migrants interdicted offshore by U.S. authorities.

During the eight month period between April and December 1999, the United States Coast Guard intercepted seven boats carrying migrants from the People's Republic of China destined for the United States. These migrants were processed by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service in three locations: Tinian Island, Midway Island, and Guatemala. Emergency Medical Response Teams from the United States Public Health Service, Division of Immigration Health Services, were deployed to conduct initial health screenings of the 913 migrants on board these ships and provide on-going health care until the individuals were repatriated or relocated.

Can cervicography be improved? An evaluation with arbitrated cervicography interpretations.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to estimate the optimal performance of cervicography. We compared an arbitrated cervigram classification with an arbitrated referent diagnosis of cervical neoplasia.

Study Design: From an initial group of 8460 women, a stratified sample of cervigrams from 3645 women and histologic information from 414 women underwent arbitration.