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Source: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nat...19_264265.html
1 out of 3 Koreans diagnosed with latent tuberculosis
By Kim Hyun-bin
It is believed that one out of every three Koreans are deemed to have latent tuberculosis (LTB), while 76.8 people out of every 100,000 are diagnosed with active TB, which is the highest rate among the OECD member states.
Each year in the country, 30,000 people on average are newly diagnosed with the disease and some 2,000 people die from it...
1 out of 3 Koreans diagnosed with latent tuberculosis
By Kim Hyun-bin
It is believed that one out of every three Koreans are deemed to have latent tuberculosis (LTB), while 76.8 people out of every 100,000 are diagnosed with active TB, which is the highest rate among the OECD member states.
Each year in the country, 30,000 people on average are newly diagnosed with the disease and some 2,000 people die from it...