Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents, Taiwan, 1996–2003

Analysis of data from Taiwan’s National Tuberculosis (TB) Registry showed that incidence of TB in persons <20 years of age was 9.61/100,000 person-years, biphasic, and age-relevant, with a major peak in persons slightly >12 years. Aboriginal children were 8.1–17.4× more likely to have TB than...

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Autores principales: Chan, Pei-Chun, Huang, Li-Min, Wu, Yi-Chun, Yang, Hsiang-Lin, Chang, I-Shou, Lu, Chun-Yi, Lee, Ping-Ing, Lee, Chin-Yun, Chang, Luan-Yin
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18252109
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1309.061020
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author Chan, Pei-Chun
Huang, Li-Min
Wu, Yi-Chun
Yang, Hsiang-Lin
Chang, I-Shou
Lu, Chun-Yi
Lee, Ping-Ing
Lee, Chin-Yun
Chang, Luan-Yin
author_facet Chan, Pei-Chun
Huang, Li-Min
Wu, Yi-Chun
Yang, Hsiang-Lin
Chang, I-Shou
Lu, Chun-Yi
Lee, Ping-Ing
Lee, Chin-Yun
Chang, Luan-Yin
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description Analysis of data from Taiwan’s National Tuberculosis (TB) Registry showed that incidence of TB in persons <20 years of age was 9.61/100,000 person-years, biphasic, and age-relevant, with a major peak in persons slightly >12 years. Aboriginal children were 8.1–17.4× more likely to have TB than non-Aboriginal children.
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spelling pubmed-28572682010-05-06 Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents, Taiwan, 1996–2003 Chan, Pei-Chun Huang, Li-Min Wu, Yi-Chun Yang, Hsiang-Lin Chang, I-Shou Lu, Chun-Yi Lee, Ping-Ing Lee, Chin-Yun Chang, Luan-Yin Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Analysis of data from Taiwan’s National Tuberculosis (TB) Registry showed that incidence of TB in persons <20 years of age was 9.61/100,000 person-years, biphasic, and age-relevant, with a major peak in persons slightly >12 years. Aboriginal children were 8.1–17.4× more likely to have TB than non-Aboriginal children. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2857268/ /pubmed/18252109 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1309.061020 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Chan, Pei-Chun
Huang, Li-Min
Wu, Yi-Chun
Yang, Hsiang-Lin
Chang, I-Shou
Lu, Chun-Yi
Lee, Ping-Ing
Lee, Chin-Yun
Chang, Luan-Yin
Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents, Taiwan, 1996–2003
title Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents, Taiwan, 1996–2003
title_full Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents, Taiwan, 1996–2003
title_fullStr Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents, Taiwan, 1996–2003
title_full_unstemmed Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents, Taiwan, 1996–2003
title_short Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents, Taiwan, 1996–2003
title_sort tuberculosis in children and adolescents, taiwan, 1996–2003
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18252109
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1309.061020
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