Abstract
Tuberculosis in foreign students in Japan, 2010–2014: a comparison with the notification rates in their countries of origin
Highlights
The notification rates for foreign students in Japan may reflect a more accurate risk of developing TB among the immigrants to Japan than the TB notification rates in their countries of origin
The foreign students with TB accounted for 56.4% of all the students with TB (n = 2000) and for 1.05% of all the TB cases (n = 107 335) in Japan registered in the same period
Almost all of the TB cases among foreign students were captured because most educational institutions in Japan conduct entry health screening with chest X-rays as required by law
Summary
The notification rates for foreign students in Japan may reflect a more accurate risk of developing TB among the immigrants to Japan than the TB notification rates in their countries of origin. These results may be helpful to identify the immigrants’ countries/areas of origin with the necessity of pre-entry TB screening. The estimate might not reflect the actual disease burden accurately.[4,5,6] Calculating the notification rates for TB in immigrants to Japan by country of origin is a challenge since some cases are temporary visitors who cannot be distinguished in the record. This study characterizes the foreign students with TB registered from 2010 to 2014 and compares their notification rates with those in their countries of origin to investigate if there are discrepancies between them
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