"Immigration and Tuberculosis Among Children on the United States-Mexico Border, County of San Diego, California."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Pediatrics, "Objective: To identify factors contributing to a 400% increase in tuberculosis among children in San Diego County, California, from 1985 to 1993. Design: Review of medical records of reported cases in 1989, 1991, and 1993 and their source case. Results: Of 192 children with tuberculosis, the largest increase was observed in children younger than 5 years old, of whom 77.4% were born in the United States, 67.8% had a foreign-born parent, 73.1% came from a non-English-speaking household, and 46.2% were known to visit Mexico. Of 28 source cases, 82.1% were born outside the United States,...

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