Tuberc Respir Dis.  2019 Jul;82(3):261-263. 10.4046/trd.2019.0043.

Active Case Finding in the Elderly Tuberculosis in South Korea

• Lee SH

• KMID: 2450904
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2019.0043

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Aged*
Humans
Korea*
Tuberculosis*

Figure

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  Figure 1 Trends in age-specific cases of new tuberculosis (TB) in South Korea from the years 2001 to 2018. The number of new TB cases in ≥65 years of age increase consistently with time. This figure was drawn based on the 2018 annual TB report3.

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