Locations With High Incidence of Tuberculosis
If you were born in or spent significant time in any of the countries or territories listed below which have a high incidence of active tuberculosis, additional screening will be required at the Welty Student Health Center:
- Algeria
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- China, Hong Kong SAR
- China, Macao SAR
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo (Democratic Republic of)
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Greenland
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)
- Korea (Republic of)
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Moldova (Republic of)
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania (United Republic of)
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Source: World Health Organization Global Health Observatory, Tuberculosis Incidence. Countries with average incidence rates of ≥ 20 cases per 100,000 population.
last updated: June 2024
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