Molecular Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Japan
The incidence rate of tuberculosis (TB) in Japan was 11.5 per 100,000 of the population in 2019. Of TB patients in Japan, 61.1% were aged >70 years, and 10.7% were born outside Japan, mostly in Asian countries with a high burden of tuberculosis.
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author | Fuminori Mizukoshi Nobuyuki Kobayashi Fumiko Kirikae Ken Ohta Kazunari Tsuyuguchi Noritaka Yamada Yoshikazu Inoue Masahide Horiba Noriko Kawata Akiko Ichinose Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama Reiko Kiritani Keiji Funatogawa Teruo Kirikae |
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description | The incidence rate of tuberculosis (TB) in Japan was 11.5 per 100,000 of the population in 2019. Of TB patients in Japan, 61.1% were aged >70 years, and 10.7% were born outside Japan, mostly in Asian countries with a high burden of tuberculosis. |
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spelling | doaj.art-7c105a6b9e094f028e6d69aec0d99a652022-12-22T04:07:01ZengAmerican Society for MicrobiologymSphere2379-50422021-08-016410.1128/mSphere.00978-20Molecular Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in JapanFuminori Mizukoshi0Nobuyuki Kobayashi1Fumiko Kirikae2Ken Ohta3Kazunari Tsuyuguchi4Noritaka Yamada5Yoshikazu Inoue6Masahide Horiba7Noriko Kawata8Akiko Ichinose9Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama10Reiko Kiritani11Keiji Funatogawa12Teruo Kirikae13https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7114-769XTochigi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, JapanDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization (NHO) Tokyo National Hospital, Kiyose, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization (NHO) Tokyo National Hospital, Kiyose, Tokyo, JapanClinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Osaka, JapanDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, NHO Higashinagoya National Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, JapanClinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Osaka, JapanDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, NHO Higashisaitama National Hospital, Hasuda, Saitama, JapanDepartment of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, NHO Minami-Okayama Medical Center, Tsukubo, Okayama, JapanDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Bioscience, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JapanTochigi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, JapanTochigi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, JapanDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanThe incidence rate of tuberculosis (TB) in Japan was 11.5 per 100,000 of the population in 2019. Of TB patients in Japan, 61.1% were aged >70 years, and 10.7% were born outside Japan, mostly in Asian countries with a high burden of tuberculosis.https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00978-20 |
spellingShingle | Fuminori Mizukoshi Nobuyuki Kobayashi Fumiko Kirikae Ken Ohta Kazunari Tsuyuguchi Noritaka Yamada Yoshikazu Inoue Masahide Horiba Noriko Kawata Akiko Ichinose Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama Reiko Kiritani Keiji Funatogawa Teruo Kirikae Molecular Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Japan mSphere |
title | Molecular Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Japan |
title_full | Molecular Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Japan |
title_fullStr | Molecular Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Japan |
title_full_unstemmed | Molecular Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Japan |
title_short | Molecular Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Japan |
title_sort | molecular epidemiology of drug resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis in japan |
url | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00978-20 |
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