Tuberculosis Control Unit, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Mar;17(3):517-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1703.101615.
We determined the proportion of foreign-born persons with tuberculosis (TB) in Singapore. This proportion increased from 25.5% in 2004 to 37.6% in 2009. Unskilled workers from countries with high incidences of TB accounted for the highest number of and greatest increase in foreign-born TB case-patients.
我们确定了新加坡的肺结核(TB)患者中外国人的比例。这个比例从 2004 年的 25.5%增加到 2009 年的 37.6%。来自结核病高发国家的非熟练工人占外国肺结核患者人数最多,增长率最高。