Kristine M Schmit1,2, Richard Brostrom3,4, Angela Largen4, Alexandra Pyan4, Zanju Wang5, Sundari Mase3,6, Sapna Morris3. 1. National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Outbreak Investigations Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. yxn0@cdc.gov. 2. National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Field Services Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. yxn0@cdc.gov. 3. National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Field Services Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. 4. Hawaii TB Program, Hawaii State Department of Health, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. 5. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Immigrant, Refugee and Migrant Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. 6. World Health Organization - Country Office for India, New Delhi, India.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Immigrants to the United States from countries with a high burden of tuberculosis (TB) who have abnormal chest radiographs but negative sputum cultures during pre-immigration screening (TB Class B1) have a high risk of being diagnosed with TB disease within 1 year of arrival. METHODS: Using 2010-2014 national surveillance data, we compared proportions of Class B1 Filipino immigrants who received a diagnosis of TB disease within 1 year of arrival to Hawaii to proportions in other U.S. states (not including Hawaii) using chi-squared tests. RESULTS: In Hawaii, 40/1190 (3.4%) of Class B1 Filipino immigrants to Hawaii received a diagnosis of TB disease within 1 year of arrival compared with 220/16,035 (1.4%) nationwide (P < .01). CONCLUSIONS: During 2010-2014, the percentage of recent Class B1 Filipino immigrants in Hawaii with TB disease diagnosed within 1 year of arrival was over twice that as nationwide.
BACKGROUND: Immigrants to the United States from countries with a high burden of tuberculosis (TB) who have abnormal chest radiographs but negative sputum cultures during pre-immigration screening (TB Class B1) have a high risk of being diagnosed with TB disease within 1 year of arrival. METHODS: Using 2010-2014 national surveillance data, we compared proportions of Class B1 Filipino immigrants who received a diagnosis of TB disease within 1 year of arrival to Hawaii to proportions in other U.S. states (not including Hawaii) using chi-squared tests. RESULTS: In Hawaii, 40/1190 (3.4%) of Class B1 Filipino immigrants to Hawaii received a diagnosis of TB disease within 1 year of arrival compared with 220/16,035 (1.4%) nationwide (P < .01). CONCLUSIONS: During 2010-2014, the percentage of recent Class B1 Filipino immigrants in Hawaii with TB disease diagnosed within 1 year of arrival was over twice that as nationwide.
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