Items tagged with TB epidemiology
India: New study highlights DR-TB burden in people living with HIV, level of primary transmission alarming (post)
A new study points to an alarmingly high burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) among HIV-positive patients at antiretroviral therapy (ART) centres, and provides evidence that primary transmission is the cause of DR-TB in as many as one in four newly-diagnosed TB patients.
Improving the estimation of the tuberculosis burden in India (post)
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Tuberculosis: US to extend help to Tibetans (post)
Studies show the Tibetans have one of the highest rates of TB in the world. Even the deadly multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB is increasingly common. Now the US is coming to help the Tibetans, who have been in exile in India for over half a century.
Nigeria at risk of four million TB cases, says report (post)
Abuja, 27 November 2014 — Based on a National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey Report released in Abuja yesterday, an estimated four million ninety seven thousand, one hundred and fourteen (4, 097, 114) cases of TB are estimated to occur.
India: State's failure to track migrants with tuberculosis raises concern (post)
PUNE: Unchecked migration and poor living conditions in urban slums have contributed significantly to the rising tuberculosis (TB) cases in the state, experts said. India reports around 2.1 million cases of TB annually, which is 25% of the global burden, they added.
People with HIV account for over 60% of TB cases in Southern Africa (post)
Slightly more than 60% of tuberculosis disease cases in southern Africa occur in people with HIV infection, according to a regional analysis of TB numbers. Across the world, people with HIV account for 21% of all TB deaths.
Explaining Singapore’s TB rates (post)
After a generally downward trend from 2000, the number of tuberculosis (TB) incidences in Singapore has been increasing since 2008, with incidence rates higher among the elderly and Malay residents. The study documenting these findings has been published in BMC Pubic Health.
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