<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd">
<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1032</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>IMPORTANCE OF TUBERCULOSIS IN GLOBAL HEALTH AGENDA-AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF TUBERCULOSIS AMONG MIGRANT POPULATION FROM SOUTH EAST ASIA, MIDDLE EAST and AFRICAN REGIONS TREATED WITH WHO-DOTS REGIMEN&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chattu</surname><given-names>Vijay Kumar</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>A.</surname><given-names>Mohammad</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>4</day><month>12</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>94</fpage><lpage>99</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Objective: To study the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of Tuberculosis among Saudis and migrant population in Saudi Arabia. Methods: Retrospective study was conducted based on the secondary data pertaining to the patients registered at Regional TB center in Buraidah Central Hospital from January 2005 to December 2009. Results: A total of 355 case records were included of which 187 cases are from Saudi Arabia and remaining 168 were from South Asian, African and Middle East countries. All the diagnosed cases were treated as per WHO- DOTS regimen. Cough with expectoration, fever with evening rise, loss of appetite were the chief clinical presentations. Out of the total non Saudi patients, the Indonesian patients contribute to 74 (21%) followed by Indians 39 (11%), Nepalese 12 (3.4%), Philippines and Bangladesh with 9 cases each (2.5%), and Pakistan with 8 cases (2.3%). Among the total cases, there were 341 (96%) new cases, 12 (3.4%) relapse cases and 2 (0.6%) defaulters. Conclusion: Prevalence of TB among migrant is relatively high. Preventive measures for early diagnosis should be performed especially in migrant worker from high-prevalence countries.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Prevalence</kwd><kwd> Tuberculosis</kwd><kwd> Retrospective Study</kwd><kwd> South Asia</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
