Tuberculosis among Foreign-born Persons, Singapore, 2000–2009

We determined the proportion of foreign-born persons with tuberculosis (TB) in Singapore. This proportion increased from 25.5% in 2004 to 37.6% in 2009. Unskilled workers from countries with high incidences of TB accounted for the highest number of and greatest increase in foreign-born TB case-patie...

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Main Authors: Khin Mar Kyi Win, Cynthia B.E. Chee, Liang Shen, Yee T. Wang, Jeffery Cutter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/3/10-1615_article