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Tuberculosis
Study results from Fourth Military Medical University in the area of tuberculosis published
October 21st, 2008
According to a study from Xian, People's Republic of China, "To determine the role of the migrant population in the transmission of tuberculosis (TB), we investigated the distribution and magnitude of TB in permanent residents and migrant populations of Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 2000 through 2006." "An exploratory spatial data analysis was applied to detect the ''hot spots'' of TB among the 2 populations. using the data obtained from 20042006, showed that people who migrated from the western, middle, and eastern zones of China had a significantly higher risk of having TB than did permanent residents," wrote Z.W. Jia and colleagues, Fourth Military...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-10-21)
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