Tuberculosis among foreign-born persons in the United States, 1993-1998.
Open Access
- 13 December 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 284 (22), 2894-2900
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.284.22.2894
Abstract
The World Health Organization estimates that one third of the world's population is infected with the causative organism of tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium tuberculosis; that there are 8 million new cases of active TB annually; and that nearly 2 million persons die of TB each year.1 Most infections, cases, and deaths occur in developing countries. In a number of developed countries with substantial levels of immigration, however, foreign-born persons increasingly contribute to the incidence of TB and sustain TB rates.2-4Keywords
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