High incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis persists a decade after immigration, The Netherlands.

Publisher: National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9508155 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1080-6040 (Print) Linking ISSN: 10806040 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Emerg Infect Dis Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Atlanta, GA : National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), [1995-

Emigration and Immigration*; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/*epidemiology; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Cohort Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Netherlands/epidemiology ; Retrospective Studies

Incidence rates of pulmonary tuberculosis among immigrants from high incidence countries remain high for at least a decade after immigration into the Netherlands. Possible explanations are reactivation of old infections and infection transmitted after immigration. Control policies should be determined on the basis of the as-yet unknown main causes of the persistent high incidence.

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Date Created: 20040618 Date Completed: 20040713 Latest Revision: 20181113

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PMC3323101

10.3201/eid1004.030530

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