A diffused community tuberculosis outbreak that could be detected earlier using surveillance data, Japan, 2012–2014
Background: Early detection of an outbreak is a role of disease surveillance systems; however, tuberculosis (TB) surveillance systems were underutilized to detect the outbreaks. In mid-2015, a local health office of central Japan noticed the number of TB cases of city in 2012–2014 were well above th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2021-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Mycobacteriology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2021;volume=10;issue=1;spage=8;epage=12;aulast=Ota |