Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2013)

Tuberculosis Exposure among Evacuees at a Shelter after Earthquake, Japan, 2011

  • Hajime Kanamori,
  • Noboru Aso,
  • Satoko Tadano,
  • Miyoko Saito,
  • Hiroo Saito,
  • Bine Uchiyama,
  • Noriomi Ishibashi,
  • Shinya Inomata,
  • Shiro Endo,
  • Tetsuji Aoyagi,
  • Masumitsu Hatta,
  • Mitsuhiro Yamada,
  • Yoshiaki Gu,
  • Koichi Tokuda,
  • Hisakazu Yano,
  • Hiroyuki Kunishima,
  • Yoichi Hirakata,
  • Takao Saijyo,
  • Miho Kitagawa,
  • Mitsuo Kaku

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1905.121137
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 5
pp. 799 – 801

Abstract

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Tuberculosis was diagnosed in a person who had stayed in a shelter after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. A contact investigation showed that the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among other evacuees at the shelter was 20%. Our report underscores the importance of tuberculosis prevention and control after natural disasters.

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