Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis among Somalis in Minnesota.
To analyze extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Somalis living in Minnesota, we reviewed surveillance and public health case management data on tuberculosis cases in ethnic Somalis in Minnesota from 1993 through 2003. The presence of these recent immigrants substantially affects the local epidemiology and clinical manifestation of tuberculosis.
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R Bryan
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University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, USA.
Sutherland
Wendy M
WM
Baker
Cristina
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Williams
David N
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012998:Somalia / Q000208:ethnology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology