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Volume 21, Number 3—March 2015

Dispatch

Increased Risk for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Migratory Workers, Armenia

Nune TruzyanComments to Author , Byron Crape, Ruzanna Grigoryan, Hripsime Martirosyan, and Varduhi Petrosyan
Author affiliations: American University of Armenia School of Public Health, Yerevan, Armenia

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Percentage of work visits by migrant workers to host countries-of-work and tuberculosis (TB) prevalence/100,000 persons in host countries compared with that in Armenia, 2008–2011 (7).

Figure. Percentage of work visits by migrant workers to host countries-of-work and tuberculosis (TB) prevalence/100,000 persons in host countries compared with that in Armenia, 2008–2011 (7).

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