Profile of tuberculosis among the foreign-born population in Japan, 2007–2014
The proportion of foreign-born people among the newly notified tuberculosis (TB) patients has been increasing in recent years and potentially poses a new challenge to TB control in Japan. In this report, we analysed the data from the Japan TB surveillance system between 2007 and 2014 to gain an over...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific
2016-06-01
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Series: | Western Pacific Surveillance and Response |
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Online Access: | http://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/428/680 |