TY - JOUR AU - Kanamori, Hajime AU - Aso, Noboru AU - Tadano, Satoko AU - Saito, Miyoko AU - Saito, Hiroo AU - Uchiyama, Bine AU - Ishibashi, Noriomi AU - Inomata, Shinya AU - Endo, Shiro AU - Aoyagi, Tetsuji AU - Hatta, Masumitsu AU - Yamada, Mitsuhiro AU - Gu, Yoshiaki AU - Tokuda, Koichi AU - Yano, Hisakazu AU - Kunishima, Hiroyuki AU - Hirakata, Yoichi AU - Saijyo, Takao AU - Kitagawa, Miho AU - Kaku, Mitsuo T1 - Tuberculosis Exposure among Evacuees at a Shelter after Earthquake, Japan, 2011 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 5 SP - 799 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - bacteria KW - TB KW - disasters KW - emergency shelter KW - earthquake KW - Japan KW - LTBI KW - exposure KW - latent tuberculosis infection KW - latency KW - Mycobacterium tuberculosis DO - 10.3201/eid1905.121137 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/5/12-1137_article ER - End of Reference