Recent trends in tuberculosis, Japan.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Mori, T.
• Description:
  Despite a decline after World War II, the rate of tuberculosis in Japan remains high. Infection is heavily concentrated in the > or =60-year age group, and 82% of patients are > or =40 years of age. The success rate for treatment of smear-positive patients is 78%. Multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are rare.
• Subjects:
  Drug Resistance, Microbial Humans Tuberculosis
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 6(6):566-568.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Japan
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:99eab62fbb274f42540720590c2fafc20c27a738a7308171573152f7a59a3c0e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15037/cdc_15037_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 24.65 KB ]