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Rusheng Chew
…s precious little high-quality contemporary evidence on its epidemiology, especially in the rural, resource-constrained, and under-studied areas containing most of the regional population. Clinical and health policy decision-making is, thus, hampered leading to larger-scale probl…
Carlos Eduardo Freitas Dantas, Camillo Collier de Farias, Ana Clara Simões Mattos, Beatriz Simões Mattos, Paulo Fernando Viegas Barros de Albuquerque, et al.
Tuberculosis (TB) is among the most relevant communicable diseases in terms of global public health. In Brazil, it is currently the second leading cause of death from infectious agents, second only to COVID-19, according to the Epidemiological Bulletin of the Ministry of Health. …
Bunga Bilbina Rizkika, Liena Sofiana, Ardyawati Wira Oktaviana
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) and Diabetes Mellitus (DM) are global problems, especially in countries with high TB endemicity. The relationship between TB and DM is more dominant in developing countries where TB is endemic, and the prevalence of DM is increasing. The risk of deat…
Hui Jiang, Jinfeng Yin, Fangchao Liu, Yuxia Yao, Chao Cai, et al.
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> A subset of patients who complete standard treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) develop TB recurrence. </sec> <sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This study characterized the epidemiological features of recurrent PTB patients to estimate recurrenc…
Lir Peposhi, Holta Tafa, Donika Bardhi, Hasan Hafizi
Aim: To estimate the clinical and epidemiological pattern of Tuberculosis (TB) in Albania over the period 2009-2018. Methods: A retrospective analysis of clinical and epidemiological data based on TB individual notification forms during the period 2009-2018. Results: During the 1…
H Buhari, E Dahiru, E Dahiru, U Abubakar, A Kudi, et al.
…view relevant literature and provide concise summary on the epidemiology of tuberculosis in animals and humans with special emphasis on Nigeria. Factors that affect the epidemiology of tuberculosis such as the age, breed, sex and genetic composition of the host as well as season,…
T. V. Solomay, Т. А. Семененко
…r, they all relate to the clinical aspects of this problem. Epidemiology issues remain practically unexplored. A review of domestic and foreign publications has shown that at the present stage there is a high intensity of the epidemic process of EBV infection both in Russia and a…
A. F. Kravchenko, A. I. Gotovtzeva
The aim of the study. To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the main epidemiological indicators of tuberculosis in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Materials and methods . For a comparative assessment of morbidity and mortality from tuberculosis and similar indicators …
Mailla Mylena Mendes Bergmann, Leonardo Gonçalves Artoni, Josué Rulian Mendes Paneque, Roberto Carlos Cruz Carbonell, Joquebede de Lima Bezerra Carbonell, et al.
Healthcare professionals (HPs) are at higher risk of exposure to and development of tuberculosis (TB). This study aims to outline the epidemiological profile of TB cases reported among healthcare professionals in Brazil between 2014 and 2025. A descriptive and comparative epidemi…
Viviane Ferraz Ferreira de Aguiar, Dayara de Nazaré Rosa de Carvalho, Marcela Raíssa Asevedo Dergan, Dandara de Fátima Ribeiro Bendelaque, Thiago Augusto Ferreira dos Anjos, et al.
Objective: To analyze the clinical and epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis among indigenous elderly individuals in Pará, from 2010 to 2019.
 Methodology: This study employed an epidemiological, quantitative approach using data from the Information System for Notifiable D…
Poovendhree Reddy, Hlengiwe N. Mtetwa, Isaac Dennis Amoah, Sheena Kumari, Faizal Bux
…sation associated with HIV/TB coinfection. Wastewater based epidemiology using molecular methods may be used as an alternate surveillance system to augment data. METHODS: We used droplet-digital-PCR to assess the presence, quantity and diversity of tuberculosis-causing Mycobacter…
Laura Anandy, Lyudmila Erdynieva
Abstract. Relevance. Tuberculosis still remains one of the most serious public health problems worldwide. In Republic of Tyva, despite the ongoing anti-tuberculosis measures, the epidemiological situation remains unfavorable. Objectives. To analyze epidemiological indicators for …
Mayra Evelyn Quiñones-Martínez, Luis Del Carpio-Orantes, René García-Toral, Verónica Montes-Martínez, José Luis Torres-Sánchez, et al.
Abstract Background Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the incidence and prevalence rates of tuberculosis have increased globally; therefore, it is important to determine the epidemiological profile of these patients, primarily in populations endemic for this mycobacterial infectio…
Jane E. Gross, James D. Finklea, Silvia M. Caceres, Katie R. Poch, Nabeeh A. Hasan, et al.
Rationale Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has been reported to be transmitted between people with cystic fibrosis (CF) attending CF centres. A suspected Mycobacterium abscessus outbreak was investigated at the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Adult CF Program using a com…
I. Yu. Osintseva, N. V. Luzina, T. V. Pyanzova
The aim of this study was to assess the epidemiological situation of tuberculosis during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021) in comparison with the pre-pandemic period in a region with high prevalence of HIV infection. We studied the official statistical data on the major TB contro…
Pratik P Padyal, Sandeep M. Bhelkar, Vivekanand B Chachere, Lalitkumar Patle, Teresa Bansod
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health challenge in India, particularly in vulnerable pediatric populations within tribal regions.Despite ongoing efforts under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP), there is limited data on the epidemio…
Wei Gao, Yun Xie, QU Su-ge, Jian Shi
…ied ones) were reported, including 1 307 cases. Descriptive epidemiology method was used to analyze the data of public health emergency events at schools in Hebei province in 2017. Results In 2017, there were 30 public health emergency events at schools in Hebei province, with 1 …
Jose Correa Guerra, Zulay Manjarres Gil, Alan Miranda Ruiz, María Luisa Saavedra García, Maria Aguilar Vergara, et al.
Background: Tuberculosis is a highly contagious disease that is prevalent in underdeveloped countries. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), this disease is defined by its anatomical location. Methodology: A narrative review was conducted using various databases from …
P. V. Kulikov, С Д Жоголев, Р М Аминев, K. D. Zhogolev, А. А. Кузин, et al.
The purpose of the study is to analyze morbidity and to determine etiology of community-acquired pneumonia of conscripts, to examine the epidemiological effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate and non-conjugate polysaccharide vaccines for the prevention of community-acquired pneu…
Kawkab Adris Mahmood
Tuberculosis (TB) is a common infection especially in developing countries and can involve almost all bodily systems. Iraq has been identified as middle TB burden country in the world. The aims of the study are to determine the main factors that lead to prevalence of TB in people…
Angela Cannas, Antonella Campanale, Daniela Minella, Francesco Messina, Ornella Butera, et al.
BACKGROUND: (MC) invasive infection, which was correlated with the use of contaminated heater-cooler units (HCUs) during open chest surgery, was reported from all over the world. Here, we report the results of the epidemiological and molecular investigations conducted in Italy af…
Leonardo José Rodrigues de Araújo Melo, Pedro Vitor Ferreira Rodrigues, Amanda Pereira Sindeaux Pinheiro, Lucas Soares Radtke, Francisco Luciano Honório Barreto
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is the most prevalent mycobacteriosis in Brazil. Among its extrapulmonary manifestations, one of the most worrying is meningoencephalitis (ME), which is characterized by inflammation of the brain parenchyma and meninges due to infection by the TB b…
Brianna Cheng
…potential to improve the understanding of tuberculosis (TB) epidemiology. However, standardized reporting is necessary to enhance the reproducibility and interpretation of WGS results in genomic epidemiologystudies of TB to better inform public health decision-making. In 2014, gu…
Yu. A. Bespyatykh, A P Kanygin, R T Khudjadze, Kirill Prusakov, Э. Н. Мингазова, et al.
The article describes a development related to the field of public health and molecular biology, in particular, medical diagnostics. We present the Isascreen-8 portable analyzer (Registration Certificate No. RZN 2022/17322, May 24, 2022) and its application for rapid diagnostics …
Ilir Peposhi, Holta Tafa, Donika Bardhi, Hasan Hafizi
Aim: To estimate the clinical and epidemiological pattern of Tuberculosis (TB) in Albania over the period 2009-2018. Methods: A retrospective analysis of clinical and epidemiological data based on TB individual notification forms during the period 2009-2018. Results: During the 1…