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Tuberculosis
New research on tuberculosis from M.N. Lobato and co-authors summarized
June 10th, 2008
"Tuberculosis (TB) in the United States is increasingly concentrated among foreign-born persons. The northeastern states, including Connecticut, are among those with the highest proportion of foreign-born patients," researchers in the United States report. "S: This retrospective analysis of surveillance data from Connecticut for 1996 through 2005 compared TB case rates and risk factors among US-born and foreign-born persons. Between 1996 and 2005, TB cases declined by 8.7% in foreign-born persons and by 53.6% in US-born persons. The median annual incidence rate for foreign-born persons was 19.7 cases per 100 000 population compared with 1.5 for US-born persons. Refugees...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-10)
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