Abstract
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.
Highlights
Tuberculosis was diagnosed in a person who had stayed in a shelter after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
We detected latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among evacuees who were exposed to a patient with active TB at a shelter after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Refugees and populations displaced after natural disasters are vulnerable to TB in developing countries because crowded living conditions and poor nutritional status can facilitate the development and the transmission of TB [6,7]
Summary
Tuberculosis was diagnosed in a person who had stayed in a shelter after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. We report a case of active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in a person who stayed at a shelter after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the results of an investigation of the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among evacuees and others who were exposed to this patient. One year after the earthquake, no active TB cases had been observed among the contacts
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