二战后 ,由于强有力的防治措施 ,结核病的发病率急剧下降。但到了 2 0世纪 80年代 ,这种下降的势头明显减缓 ;到了 90年代后半期 ,结核病的发病率反而回升。这主要是由于医学界将工作的重点过早地由结核病转移到其他疾病上之故。为提高对结核病的关注程度 ,日本厚生省于 1 999? After World War II, due to the strong preventive measures, the incidence of tuberculosis dropped sharply. By the 1980s, however, this downward trend had slowed markedly; by the second half of the 1990s, however, the incidence of tuberculosis rose instead. This is mainly due to the medical community shifting the focus of its work from tuberculosis to other diseases prematurely. To raise the level of concern about tuberculosis, Japan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare at 1 999?