Letter to the editor: Migrant tuberculosis in low-incidence Japan; introduction of pre-entry screening

Mugen Ujiie; Akihiro Ohkado; Tomohiko Ukai; Norio Ohmagari; Seiya Kato

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Letter to the editor: Migrant tuberculosis in low-incidence Japan; introduction of pre-entry screening
Mugen Ujiie¹ , Akihiro Ohkado² , Tomohiko Ukai² , Norio Ohmagari³ , Seiya Kato²
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Affiliations: ¹ Disease Control and Prevention Center, Japan Institute of Health Security, Tokyo, Japan ² The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Tokyo, Japan ³ Japan Institute for Health Security, Tokyo, Japan

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Citation style for this article: Ujiie Mugen, Ohkado Akihiro, Ukai Tomohiko, Ohmagari Norio, Kato Seiya. Letter to the editor: Migrant tuberculosis in low-incidence Japan; introduction of pre-entry screening. Euro Surveill. 2025;30(25):pii=2500404. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.25.2500404 Received: 09 Jun 2025; Accepted: 26 Jun 2025

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