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Item Open Access Latent Tuberculosis Screening Using Electronic Health Record Data.(Emerging infectious diseases, 2020-09) Jenks, Jeffrey D; Garfein, Richard S; Zhu, Wenhong; Hogarth, MichaelScreening for latent tuberculosis infection is recommended for foreign-born persons in the United States. We used proxy data from electronic health records to determine that 17.5% of foreign-born outpatients attending the UC San Diego Health clinic (San Diego, CA, USA) underwent screening. Ending the global tuberculosis epidemic requires improved screening.