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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2021-08-01
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| Series: | mSphere |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00978-20 |