Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Galicia, Spain, 16 years after the launch of the Galician tuberculosis programme

Autor: V Túñez, X Hervada-Vidal, Galician Tuberculosis Prevention, J.A. Taboada-Rodríguez, M.I. Ursúa-Díaz, E. Cruz-Ferro, Luis Anibarro
Rok vydání: 2014
Předmět:
Male
Pediatrics
Delayed Diagnosis
Time Factors
Antitubercular Agents
HIV Infections
Environmental protection
Epidemiology
Child
education.field_of_study
Coinfection
Incidence
Incidence (epidemiology)
Middle Aged
Treatment Outcome
Infectious Diseases
Child
Preschool
Population Surveillance
Female
Radiography
Thoracic
Health Services Research
medicine.symptom
Adult
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Tuberculosis
Adolescent
Population
Emigrants and Immigrants
Vulnerable Populations
Young Adult
Predictive Value of Tests
medicine
Humans
education
Tuberculosis
Pulmonary
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Tuberculin Test
business.industry
Infant
Newborn
Sputum
Infant
Retrospective cohort study
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
medicine.disease
Spain
Contact Tracing
business
Contact tracing
Program Evaluation
Zdroj: The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 18:134-140
ISSN: 1027-3719
Popis: SETTING Galicia, Spain. OBJECTIVE To describe changes in tuberculosis (TB) epidemiology and characteristics in Galicia, Spain, during the period 1996-2011. DESIGN Retrospective observational descriptive study of data obtained from the Tuberculosis Information System. The Galician Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Programme, created in 1994, is based in seven tuberculosis units that actively collect data on case finding and follow-up of all cases of TB in the region. RESULTS TB incidence fell from 72.9 cases per 100,000 population in 1996 to 24.6 in 2011 (respectively 40.5 and 14.2 in patients aged
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