Tuberculosis Exposure among Evacuees at a Shelter after Earthquake, Japan, 2011

Tuberculosis was diagnosed in a person who had stayed in a shelter after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. A contact investigation showed that the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among other evacuees at the shelter was 20%. Our report underscores the importance of tuberculosis preven...

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Autores principales: Kanamori, Hajime, Aso, Noboru, Tadano, Satoko, Saito, Miyoko, Saito, Hiroo, Uchiyama, Bine, Ishibashi, Noriomi, Inomata, Shinya, Endo, Shiro, Aoyagi, Tetsuji, Hatta, Masumitsu, Yamada, Mitsuhiro, Gu, Yoshiaki, Tokuda, Koichi, Yano, Hisakazu, Kunishima, Hiroyuki, Hirakata, Yoichi, Saijyo, Takao, Kitagawa, Miho, Kaku, Mitsuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23648069
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1905.121137
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author Kanamori, Hajime
Aso, Noboru
Tadano, Satoko
Saito, Miyoko
Saito, Hiroo
Uchiyama, Bine
Ishibashi, Noriomi
Inomata, Shinya
Endo, Shiro
Aoyagi, Tetsuji
Hatta, Masumitsu
Yamada, Mitsuhiro
Gu, Yoshiaki
Tokuda, Koichi
Yano, Hisakazu
Kunishima, Hiroyuki
Hirakata, Yoichi
Saijyo, Takao
Kitagawa, Miho
Kaku, Mitsuo
author_facet Kanamori, Hajime
Aso, Noboru
Tadano, Satoko
Saito, Miyoko
Saito, Hiroo
Uchiyama, Bine
Ishibashi, Noriomi
Inomata, Shinya
Endo, Shiro
Aoyagi, Tetsuji
Hatta, Masumitsu
Yamada, Mitsuhiro
Gu, Yoshiaki
Tokuda, Koichi
Yano, Hisakazu
Kunishima, Hiroyuki
Hirakata, Yoichi
Saijyo, Takao
Kitagawa, Miho
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description Tuberculosis was diagnosed in a person who had stayed in a shelter after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. A contact investigation showed that the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among other evacuees at the shelter was 20%. Our report underscores the importance of tuberculosis prevention and control after natural disasters.
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spelling pubmed-36475012013-05-14 Tuberculosis Exposure among Evacuees at a Shelter after Earthquake, Japan, 2011 Kanamori, Hajime Aso, Noboru Tadano, Satoko Saito, Miyoko Saito, Hiroo Uchiyama, Bine Ishibashi, Noriomi Inomata, Shinya Endo, Shiro Aoyagi, Tetsuji Hatta, Masumitsu Yamada, Mitsuhiro Gu, Yoshiaki Tokuda, Koichi Yano, Hisakazu Kunishima, Hiroyuki Hirakata, Yoichi Saijyo, Takao Kitagawa, Miho Kaku, Mitsuo Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Tuberculosis was diagnosed in a person who had stayed in a shelter after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. A contact investigation showed that the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among other evacuees at the shelter was 20%. Our report underscores the importance of tuberculosis prevention and control after natural disasters. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3647501/ /pubmed/23648069 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1905.121137 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.
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Kanamori, Hajime
Aso, Noboru
Tadano, Satoko
Saito, Miyoko
Saito, Hiroo
Uchiyama, Bine
Ishibashi, Noriomi
Inomata, Shinya
Endo, Shiro
Aoyagi, Tetsuji
Hatta, Masumitsu
Yamada, Mitsuhiro
Gu, Yoshiaki
Tokuda, Koichi
Yano, Hisakazu
Kunishima, Hiroyuki
Hirakata, Yoichi
Saijyo, Takao
Kitagawa, Miho
Kaku, Mitsuo
Tuberculosis Exposure among Evacuees at a Shelter after Earthquake, Japan, 2011
title Tuberculosis Exposure among Evacuees at a Shelter after Earthquake, Japan, 2011
title_full Tuberculosis Exposure among Evacuees at a Shelter after Earthquake, Japan, 2011
title_fullStr Tuberculosis Exposure among Evacuees at a Shelter after Earthquake, Japan, 2011
title_full_unstemmed Tuberculosis Exposure among Evacuees at a Shelter after Earthquake, Japan, 2011
title_short Tuberculosis Exposure among Evacuees at a Shelter after Earthquake, Japan, 2011
title_sort tuberculosis exposure among evacuees at a shelter after earthquake, japan, 2011
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23648069
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1905.121137
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