A multidrug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak in a language school: Tokyo, Japan, 2019–2020

A multidrug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak in a language school: Tokyo, Japan, 2019–2020

Background: Japan has successfully reduced the burden of tuberculosis (TB) in the past seven decades; however, there are still some issues in eliminating TB. Its presence in immigrants, particularly multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB, is one of them. In mid-September 2019, a teenage Chinese male student i...

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Main Authors: Mariya Itaki, Masayuki Endo, Keiko Ikedo, Aya Kayebeta, Ikumi Takahashi, Masaki Ota, Susumu Hirao, Yoko Nagata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Subjects:
disease outbreak
epidemiology
immigrants
multidrug-resistance
tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2021;volume=10;issue=1;spage=37;epage=42;aulast=Itaki

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