Factors affecting the epidemic process of tuberculosis among servicemen

One of the main tasks of military epidemiology is to study the driving forces of the epidemic process in military teams and to conduct retrospective, prospective and operational analysis among servicemen and evaluate the results. The article is devoted to the analysis of the factors influencing the TB epidemic process, which was first detected among servicemen in 2009-2018. For this purpose, on the basis of medical documents (epidemiological Anamnesis sheet Form-20) of military servicemen discharged from army ranks with tuberculosis diagnosis from the Armed Forces Lung Diseases Hospital of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2009-2018 have been analyzed age groups, frequency of occurrence, detection methods, clinical forms and bactericidal properties of the disease. TB incidence rates of servicemen of the Ministry of Defense and the Special State Protection Service who were discharged from the army after being hospitalized with a diagnosis of tuberculosis at the Armed Forces Lung Diseases Hospital have been calculated. Key words: tuberculosis, military servicemen, service periods, age groups, clinical forms of tuberculosis