Items tagged with TB epidemiology
Protocol for a population-based molecular epidemiology study of TB transmission in a high HIV-burden setting: the Botswana Kopanyo study (post)
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India: Government plans to come out with a TB prevalence survey (post)
The government is planning to come out with a TB prevalence survey across the country which would entail a community based study to detect TB. This would involve collection of sputum samples and digital X-Rays subject to symptoms found in the community being surveyed.
A tuberculosis nationwide prevalence survey in Gambia, 2012 (post)
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TB elimination: India can lead the way (post)
June 8, 2016 - As the Prime Minister of India speaks to the US Congress this week, a neglected epidemic threatens India's progress. It's not Ebola or Zika - but rather tuberculosis, an ancient disease that silently kills one Indian every 90 seconds. In one year's time, TB will sicken over 2.2 million Indians, and kill 300,000. Between 2006 and 2014, TB cost the Indian economy a staggering $340 billion. Because TB strikes people in the prime of their lives, it's the 3rd leading cause of healthy years of life lost.
A prospective longitudinal study of TB among household contacts of smear-positive TB cases in Lima, Peru (post)
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TB infections in Kenya 'higher than thought', Health ministry says (post)
Tuberculosis (TB) infections are “higher than thought”, with 81,457 Kenyans having been infected last year.
The incidence of tuberculosis among HIV-positive individuals with high CD4 counts: implications for policy (post)
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Genome sequencing helps determine end of tuberculosis outbreak (post)
Using genome sequencing, researchers from the University of British Columbia, along with colleagues at the Imperial College in London, now have the ability to determine when a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak is over.
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