Tuberculosis exposure among evacuees at a shelter after earthquake, Japan, 2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 799-801

  Kanamori, Hajime ^b   Aso, Noboru ^a   Tadano, Satoko ^a,c   Saito, Miyoko ^a,c   Saito, Hiroo ^b,c   Uchiyama, Bine ^a   Ishibashi, Noriomi ^b   Inomata, Shinya ^b   Endo, Shiro ^b   Aoyagi, Tetsuji ^b   Hatta, Masumitsu ^b   Yamada, Mitsuhiro ^b   Gu, Yoshiaki ^b   Tokuda, Koichi ^b   Yano, Hisakazu ^b   Kunishima, Hiroyuki ^b   Hirakata, Yoichi ^a   Saijyo, Takao ^b   Kitagawa, Miho ^b   Kaku, Mitsuo ^b  

^a Miyagi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Miyagi Prefectural Government   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY SHELTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TSUNAMI; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY SHELTER; EXPOSURE; JAPAN; LATENCY; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION; LTBI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TB; TUBERCULOSIS AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PUBLIC HOUSING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84876748462     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1905.121137     Document Type: Article

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