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ISU Tuberculosis Screening Recommendations

Tuberculosis Screening Recommendations
ISUPP #5020

All students, faculty, and staff who originate from or have lived greater than 6 months in countries with a TB incidence rate greater than 20 cases/100,000 population (countries listed below) are recommended to provide test documentation, or, complete the recommended testing at the ISU University Health Center. There is no cost associated to the recommended screening testing provided at the University Health Center.

Please direct any questions regarding the recommended TB screening to the University Health Center at: 

Location:     990 Cesar Chavez (S 8th Ave), Building #31
Phone:        (208) 282-2330
Email:          healthcenter@health.isu.edu

Appendix 2: 2025 High-Incidence Country List ACHA Guidelines: Tuberculosis Risk Assessment and Management; Countries with a 3-year average incidence >= 20 cases per 100k population, 2021-2023, n=12924  Countries added in 2025: None; Countries subtracted in 2025: None

Afghanistan
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