High-Burden Countries for Tuberculosis (WHO 2024)

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1	This list provides information for international students attending USC on whether their country of origin qualifies for an exemption for TB testing, or whether their country of origin requires a mandatory TB test. Students from countries on the World Health Organization's list of "High TB Burden Countries" must be screened for tuberculosis by USC Student Health, at either the Engemann Student Health Center (UPC) or Eric Cohen Student Health Center (HSC).
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3	Learn more about immunization requirements at studenthealth.usc.edu/immunizations
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5	Countries are listed with the top 10 countries of origin (by USC population), then alphabetically for exemptions or required TB screening.
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7	COUNTRY	REQ	EXEMPT	POPULATION
8	United States		x	1
9	China	x		2
10	India	x		3
11	South Korea	x		4
12	Taiwan	x		5
13	Canada		x	6
14	Saudi Arabia		x	7
15	Indonesia	x		8
16	Iran		x	9
17	Mexico	x		10
18	China, Hong Kong SAR	x		11
19	Afghanistan	x
20	Albania		x
21	Algeria	x
22	American Samoa		x
23	Andorra		x
24	Angola	x
25	Anguilla	x
26	Antigua and Barbuda		x
27	Argentina	x
28	Armenia	x
29	Aruba		x
30	Australia		x
31	Austria		x
32	Azerbaijan	x
33	Bahamas		x
34	Bahrain		x
35	Bangladesh	x
36	Barbados		x
37	Belarus	x
38	Belgium		x
39	Belize	x
40	Benin	x
41	Bermuda		x
42	Bhutan	x
43	Bolivia	x
44	Bosnia and Herzegovina	x
45	Botswana	x
46	Brazil	x
47	British Virgin Islands		x
48	Brunei Darussalam	x
49	Bulgaria		x
50	Burkina Faso	x
51	Burundi	x
52	Cabo Verde	x
53	Cambodia	x
54	Cameroon	x
55	Cayman Islands		x
56	Central African Republic	x
57	Chad	x
58	Chile		x
59	China	x
60	China, Hong Kong SAR	x
61	China, Macao SAR	x
62	Colombia	x
63	Comoros	x
64	Congo	x
65	Cook Islands		x
66	Costa Rica		x
67	Cote d'Ivoire	x
68	Croatia		x
69	Cuba		x
70	Curacao		x
71	Cyprus		x
72	CzechRepublic		x
73	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	x
74	Democratic Republic of the Congo	x
75	Denmark		x
76	Djibouti	x
77	Dominica		x
78	Dominican Republic	x
79	Ecuador	x
80	Egypt		x
81	El Salvador	x
82	Equatorial Guinea	x
83	Eritrea	x
84	Estonia		x
85	Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)	x
86	Ethiopia	x
87	Fiji	x
88	Finland		x
89	France		x
90	French Polynesia	x
91	Gabon	x
92	Gambia	x
93	Georgia	x
94	Germany		x
95	Ghana	x
96	Greece		x
97	Greenland	x
98	Grenada		x
99	Guam	x
100	Guatemala	x