Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents, Taiwan, 1996–2003
Analysis of data from Taiwan’s National Tuberculosis (TB) Registry showed that incidence of TB in persons <20 years of age was 9.61/100,000 person-years, biphasic, and age-relevant, with a major peak in persons slightly >12 years. Aboriginal children were 8.1–17.4× more likely to have TB than...
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| author | Pei-Chun Chan Li-Min Huang Yi-Chun Wu Hsiang-Lin Yang I-Shou Chang Chun-Yi Lu Ping-Ing Lee Chin-Yun Lee Luan-Yin Chang |
| author_facet | Pei-Chun Chan Li-Min Huang Yi-Chun Wu Hsiang-Lin Yang I-Shou Chang Chun-Yi Lu Ping-Ing Lee Chin-Yun Lee Luan-Yin Chang |
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| description | Analysis of data from Taiwan’s National Tuberculosis (TB) Registry showed that incidence of TB in persons <20 years of age was 9.61/100,000 person-years, biphasic, and age-relevant, with a major peak in persons slightly >12 years. Aboriginal children were 8.1–17.4× more likely to have TB than non-Aboriginal children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4790e8af35b64271a22947e285a2e2662022-12-22T03:05:03ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592007-09-011391361136110.3201/eid1309.061020Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents, Taiwan, 1996–2003Pei-Chun ChanLi-Min HuangYi-Chun WuHsiang-Lin YangI-Shou ChangChun-Yi LuPing-Ing LeeChin-Yun LeeLuan-Yin ChangAnalysis of data from Taiwan’s National Tuberculosis (TB) Registry showed that incidence of TB in persons <20 years of age was 9.61/100,000 person-years, biphasic, and age-relevant, with a major peak in persons slightly >12 years. Aboriginal children were 8.1–17.4× more likely to have TB than non-Aboriginal children.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/9/06-1020_articlechildrentuberculosisextrapulmonaryTaiwanBCGdispatch |
| spellingShingle | Pei-Chun Chan Li-Min Huang Yi-Chun Wu Hsiang-Lin Yang I-Shou Chang Chun-Yi Lu Ping-Ing Lee Chin-Yun Lee Luan-Yin Chang Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents, Taiwan, 1996–2003 Emerging Infectious Diseases children tuberculosis extrapulmonary Taiwan BCG dispatch |
| title | Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents, Taiwan, 1996–2003 |
| title_full | Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents, Taiwan, 1996–2003 |
| title_fullStr | Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents, Taiwan, 1996–2003 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents, Taiwan, 1996–2003 |
| title_short | Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents, Taiwan, 1996–2003 |
| title_sort | tuberculosis in children and adolescents taiwan 1996 2003 |
| topic | children tuberculosis extrapulmonary Taiwan BCG dispatch |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/9/06-1020_article |
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