Tuberculosis among Foreign-born Persons, Singapore, 2000–2009

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-patie...

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Autores principales: Win, Khin Mar Kyi, Chee, Cynthia B.E., Shen, Liang, Wang, Yee T., Cutter, Jeffery
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
Materias:
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3166031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21392448
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1703.101615
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Sumario: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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