Estimates of incident cases of TB and MDR-TB among newly arrived immigrants and refugees in the United States, 2001–2008.^*

<p>*Newly arrived immigrants and refugees are those who have resided in the United States for up to 1 year after their arrival.</p>†<p>The number of person-years is the same as the number of admissions, since immigrants and refugees are assumed to stay in the United States for at least 1 year after their arrival.</p>‡<p>See the <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0032158#s2" target="_blank">Methods</a> Section for details of the estimations.</p>§<p>Values are World Health Organization estimates for 2008.</p>¶<p>Countries are listed in descending order, according to the estimated number of TB incident cases. Country of citizenship is assumed to be the same as country of birth for immigrants and refugees.</p>#<p>The values for China include those for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.</p

Estimates of incident cases of TB and MDR-TB among newly arrived students/exchange visitors and temporary workers in the United States, 2001–2008.^*

<p>*Newly arrived students/exchange visitors and temporary workers are those who have resided in the United States for up to 1 year after their arrival.</p>†<p>See the <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0032158#s2" target="_blank">Methods</a> Section for details of the estimations.</p>‡<p>Values are World Health Organization estimates for 2008.</p>§<p>Countries are listed in descending order, according to the number of estimated incident cases of TB.</p>¶<p>The values for China include those for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.</p

Estimates of incident cases of TB and MDR-TB among newly arrived tourists and business travelers in the United States, 2001–2008.^*

<p>*Newly arrived tourist and business travelers are those who have resided in the United States for up to 1 year after their arrival.</p>†<p>See the <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0032158#s2" target="_blank">Methods</a> section for details of the estimations.</p>‡<p>Values are World Health Organization estimates for 2008.</p>§<p>Countries are listed in descending order, according to the number of estimated incident cases of TB.</p>¶<p>The values for China include those for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.</p

Estimates of incident cases of TB and MDR-TB among newly arrived foreign-born persons in the United States, 2001–2008.^*

<p>*Newly arrived foreign-born persons are those who have resided in the United States for up to 1 year after their arrival.</p>†<p>See the <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0032158#s2" target="_blank">Methods</a> Section for details of the estimations.</p>‡<p>The number of person-years is the same as the number of admissions, since immigrants and refugees are assumed to stay in the United States for at least 1 year after their arrival.</p

Estimated number of TB incident cases per 100,000 admissions among newly arrived foreign-born populations in the United States, 2001–2008.*

<p>* 1) Newly arrived foreign-born persons are those who have resided in the United States for up to 1 year after arrival; 2) low, medium, and high-incidence country are countries of citizenship where the 2008 WHO-estimated TB incidence rate is 0–14 cases, 15–99 cases, and ≥100 cases per 100,000 population per year, respectively; 3) Canadian and Mexican nonimmigrant visitors without an I-94 form (not shown): 0.07 cases/100,000 admissions for those from Mexico, and 0.06 cases/100,000 admissions for those from Canada.</p