Tuberculosis Burden and Determinants of Treatment Outcomes According to Age in Brazil: A Nationwide Study of 896,314 Cases Reported Between 2010 and 2019

Autor: Beatriz Barreto-Duarte, Mariana Araújo-Pereira, Betânia M. F. Nogueira, Luciana Sobral, Moreno M. S. Rodrigues, Artur T. L. Queiroz, Michael S. Rocha, Vanessa Nascimento, Alexandra B. Souza, Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos, Afrânio L. Kritski, Timothy R. Sterling, María B. Arriaga, Bruno B. Andrade
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Medicine, Vol 8 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2296-858X
DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.706689
Popis: Approximately 1.4 million people die annually worldwide from tuberculosis. Large epidemiologic studies can identify determinants of unfavorable clinical outcomes according to age, which can guide public health policy implementation and clinical management to improve outcomes. We obtained data from the national tuberculosis case registry; data were reported to the Brazilian National Program (SINAN) between 2010 and 2019. Clinical and epidemiologic variables were compared between age groups (child:
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