Study: (illegal) Immigrants' high TB rates disturbing
Posted on Wednesday, July 23 @ 10:10:05 EDT
Topic: Diseases Biohazards illegal immigration
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 ALIPAC NOTE: While this Associated Press article says "Immigrants", we would like to note that LEGAL IMMIGRANTS are screened for Tuberculosis when coming from high risk nations. Therefore, we can all safely assume that the likely culprit is ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION again!
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Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some
immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a
study released Tuesday that called for more aggressive action.
TB rates were highest among residents from lower Africa and parts of
Southeast Asia. Most drug-resistant TB cases also were from
foreign-born residents, the study noted.
The researchers called for wider testing, including efforts to seek
out latent cases of TB from long-term immigrant residents in certain
populations.
Rates of at least 250 TB cases per 100,000 were found among people from
African countries such as Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia and from
Southeast Asian nations including Vietnam, Cambodia and the
Philippines.
By comparison, the overall rate of TB in the U.S. is fewer than 5 per
100,000, according to researchers at the Centers of Disease Control and
Prevention, whose study is based on data from 2001-06. Their findings
are being published in today's Journal of the American Medical
Association.
Dr. Henry Blumberg of Emory University's medical school in Atlanta,
said the research shows "that it's in the interest of the United States
to try to enhance global TB efforts."
Topics: illegal immigration facts, Tuberculosis, study, diseases, bio hazards, Americans, community health, Open Borders Risks
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.23.2008
Of those infected, drug-resistant TB was found in 20 percent of recent
immigrants from Vietnam and 10 percent of foreign-born residents
overall, compared with a little more than 4 percent of U.S.-born
residents.
Public health officials worry that drug-resistant TB could become a worldwide scourge because of global travel and immigration.
The issue made headlines last year when an Atlanta attorney with
drug-resistant TB flew to several countries. Tests later showed he did
not infect anyone on those flights.
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Study: More Than Half Of The New Tuberculosis Cases Occur In Foreign Born Immigrants In U.S.
Posted July 23rd, 2008 by Carina RoseHealth News Washington
More than half of the new tuberculosis cases occur in foreign born
immigrants in the United States. According to a study in the Journal of
the American Medical Association, 53% of the total TB cases in the U.S.
among foreign-born persons occurred in the 22% of the population born
in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia regions. The study also
reported a decline in TB case rates among the foreign-born population
overall, but even more than 20 years after arrival it remained higher
than among U.S. born persons.
Drug resistant TB was found to be the highest in Vietnam, Peru, the
Philippines and China among others. Experts feel screening immigrants
and refugees from the Philippines and Vietnam would have detected
almost half the average 250 TB cases that came into the U.S. every year
between 2001 and 2006, and immigrants from Africa and Southeast Asia
should be tested and treated for TB before their arrival to prevent the
spread of the disease.
A study of case rates showed that individuals born in most countries of
sub Saharan Africa had annual case rates of more than 250 per 100,000
persons for the first two years of entry into the U.S. Those born in
Central America, Eastern Europe, the Pacific Islands, and South, East,
and Central Asia had annual rates of 100 per 100,000 persons while the
lowest risk was among those born in Western Europe, Canada, Australia,
and New Zealand, all of which had rates of less than 10 per 100,000
persons.
Kevin P. Cain of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
felt that with an excess of 37 million foreign born people living in
the US, finding and testing all of them for latent TB infection was not
possible. So their study was designed to target latent screening
efforts by examining the risk of TB and drug-resistant disease among
subgroups of foreign-born individuals.
The CDC researchers concluded that though neither testing nor
treatment for latent TB can be implemented as recommended, its yield
could be better by focusing on the highest-risk groups of foreign-born
persons first. This could be easily handled through overseas diagnosis
and treatment of latent TB before immigration, the current nine-month
regimen for treating latent TB makes this strategy impractical.
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