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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Win, Khin Mar Kyi ; Chee, Cynthia B.E. ; Shen, Liang ; Wang, Yee T. ; Cutter, Jeffery
Win, Khin Mar Kyi ; Chee, Cynthia B.E. ; Shen, Liang ; Wang, Yee T. ; Cutter, Jeffery Less -
Description:
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-patients.
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Adolescent
Adult
Bacteria
Child
Child, Preschool
Dispatch
Emigrants And Immigrants
Epidemiology
Female
Foreign-born Persons
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Population Surveillance
Singapore
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Tuberculosis And Other Mycobacteria
Young Adult
Tuberculosis

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 17(3):517-519.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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