Items tagged with TB epidemiology
South African men are much more likely to die from TB than women – here’s why (post)
Around the world, men are more likely to get TB and to die from it than women.
Very poor long-term outcomes for people with TB and HIV in Eastern Europe (post)
The rates of tuberculosis (TB) recurrence and mortality in people with HIV in eastern Europe remain concerningly high and continue to be a clinical and public health challenge, according to a paper published in AIDS. In the first study to report on long-term follow-up of TB/HIV co-infected patients in eastern Europe, one in seven people had TB again and over half died.
TB molecular surveillance status report, focussing on rifampicin and multidrug resistance in the EU/EEA (post)
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) released a report providing an overview of the dynamics and geographical distribution of rifampicin-resistant (RR)- and multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA), focussing on the strains isolated in 2020−2022, and comparing this with whole genome sequencing data collected in 2017−2019 as a part of an EU/EEA pilot project on TB molecular surveillance.
TB cases continue to rise in England in 2023 (post)
21 October 2021 -- Data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) indicates that cases of TB in England increased by 7% in the first half of 2023 compared to the same timeframe in 2022, with 2,408 notifications compared to 2,251 in the first 2 quarters of 2022.
TB burden higher in vulnerable populations vs general populations (post)
Asylum seekers, refugees, those with HIV, incarcerated individuals, and homeless individuals often had TB prevalence ratios greater than 25 vs the general population.
Smoking increases mortality and relapse risk in TB (post)
An increased risk for TB recurrence/relapse was associated with ever smoking (RR, 1.78), current smoking (RR, 1.95), and past smoking (RR, 1.84) vs never smoking.
TB notifications increased 8.1% in England (post)
Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease impacting modern cities in 2023, such as London, England.
Mozambique faces alarming multidrug-resistant TB epidemic (post)
With one of the highest tuberculosis (TB) incidences (368 cases/100,000 population) in the African region, Mozambique is particularly affected by the TB epidemic. Drug-resistant TB is also a major problem, with 4,800 new cases of multidrug resistant (MDR)/rifampicin-resistant TB in the country estimated in 2021.
TB still much more common in people with HIV in high-income settings (post)
TB prevalence, illness and deaths are very much more common in the low- and middle-income countries than high-income countries. However the higher rate of TB in low- and middle-income settings, especially in people with HIV, has meant that large TB studies have tended to be conducted there, and in some ways we know less about TB in high-income settings, especially in people with HIV.
Brazilian study explores TB risk among household contacts (post)
In spite of gains in public health intervention efforts and medicine, tuberculosis continues to burden low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with higher incidence and mortality rates than wealthier nations.
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