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Impact of immigration on tuberculosis epidemiology in a low-incidence country.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jun 2011
Svensson E, Millet J, Lindqvist A, Olsson M, Ridell M, Rastogi N
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from 349 patients were isolated in western Sweden during the years 2001-2005. Only 26% of the tuberculosis (TB) patients were born in Sweden. All the others were born in any of 42 different countries; 17% in other European countries, 28% in Africa, 16% in Asia, 11% in the Middle East, and 2% in South America. The mean age of the Swedish-born patients was 67 years, while the mean...
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