Evaluation of “international transfer-out” among foreign-born pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Japan – what are the implications for a cross-border patient referral system?

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) patients crossing borders pose a serious challenge to global TB control efforts. The objectives of our study were firstly, to evaluate the trend and size of foreign-born pulmonary TB patients, who had been notified and initiated treatment in Japan but have transferred o...

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Autores principales: Kawatsu, Lisa, Ohkado, Akihiro, Uchimura, Kazuhiro, Izumi, Kiyohiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6286584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30526547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6273-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6286584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30526547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6273-0

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