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Trends of foreign-born TB cases and a pilot project of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening in Gyeonggi province in Korea, 2018
- Date2019-04-25 19:04
- Update2019-11-19 19:19
- DivisionDivision of Strategic Planning for Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Trends of foreign-born TB cases and a pilot project of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening in Gyeonggi province in Korea, 2018
Lee Joosun, Han Heejung, Chun Gayoung, Park Misun
Division of TB Epidemic Investigation, Center for Disease Prevention, KCDC
Choi Hongjo, Yu Sarah
Department of Research & Development, Korean Institute of Tuberculosis
In this report, we introduced the magnitude and trends of foreign-born cases with tuberculosis (TB) according to the national TB control policy for foreigners residing in Korea, and analysed the results of a latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening pilot project in 2018. The number of reported foreign-born new TB cases has decreased from 2,123 in 2016 to 1,398 in 2018 because of the strengthened foreign-born TB control policy since 2016. In 2018, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) implemented a pilot project of LTBI screening for foreign-born residents’ health examination in Gyeonggi province. A total of 8,811 foreign-born examinees underwent the interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) test and among them, 2,510 (28.5%) were classified as a positivity of LTBI. To enhance the TB screening for foreign-born residents in Korea, the KCDC is planed to further extend this pilot project to Seoul in 2019.
Keywords: Tuberculosis, Latent tuberculosis infection, Pilot Projects, Foreign-born
Lee Joosun, Han Heejung, Chun Gayoung, Park Misun
Division of TB Epidemic Investigation, Center for Disease Prevention, KCDC
Choi Hongjo, Yu Sarah
Department of Research & Development, Korean Institute of Tuberculosis
In this report, we introduced the magnitude and trends of foreign-born cases with tuberculosis (TB) according to the national TB control policy for foreigners residing in Korea, and analysed the results of a latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening pilot project in 2018. The number of reported foreign-born new TB cases has decreased from 2,123 in 2016 to 1,398 in 2018 because of the strengthened foreign-born TB control policy since 2016. In 2018, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) implemented a pilot project of LTBI screening for foreign-born residents’ health examination in Gyeonggi province. A total of 8,811 foreign-born examinees underwent the interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) test and among them, 2,510 (28.5%) were classified as a positivity of LTBI. To enhance the TB screening for foreign-born residents in Korea, the KCDC is planed to further extend this pilot project to Seoul in 2019.
Keywords: Tuberculosis, Latent tuberculosis infection, Pilot Projects, Foreign-born
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