Items tagged with TB epidemiology
Heart, lung diseases now leading killers in India (post)
NAGPUR: Though life expectancy has gone up in last 23 years in India, the country needs to work towards minimizing the various causes of deaths that are showing a disturbing trend. Surprisingly, non-communicable diseases are emerging as bigger killers. Every fifth death in the world is from India. India has 17.5% of world population but accounts for 19% of total deaths.
Mummified bodies reveal how tuberculosis ravaged the heart of 18th century Europe (post)
Bodies found in a 200 year-old Hungarian crypt have revealed the secrets of how tuberculosis (TB) took hold in 18th century Europe, according to a research team led by the University of Warwick.
Autopsies and better data on causes of death in Africa (post)
Active tuberculosis, particularly when extrapulmonary or disseminated, can be extremely difficult to diagnose before death and is often missed, including as a cause of death. Therefore, autopsy studies can be especially informative. In their classic 1960 study, Petersdorf and Beeson1 identified tuberculosis as the most common cause of fever of unknown origin; most cases were extrapulmonary, and although most were diagnosed both before and after death, one case was only identified after death. In the same decade, autopsy played a crucial part in defining cryptic disseminated tuberculosis as a variant of reactivated tuberculosis that occurred particularly in elderly Scottish women and that was difficult to diagnose.2 More recently, autopsy studies have helped delineate the spectrum of HIV-associated disease in Africa and have shown that active tuberculosis in all its forms is a common cause of adult death.3, 4
Tuberculosis control strategies to reach the 2035 global targets in China: the role of changing demographics and reactivation disease (post)
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Nigeria: On the rising scourge of tuberculosis (post)
The recent revelation by the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLCP) that 600,000 new cases of tuberculosis (TB) currently rage in Nigeria should put all citizens on the alert. It is a very deadly disease and not many people are aware of the potential danger they face daily from the disease given its highly infectious nature. This should change with all citizens imbibing the culture of better hygiene and prevention. What is worrisome is the fact that rather than declining as observed elsewhere, the disease seems to be gaining ground in Nigeria. This raises question as to the efficacy of the control measures being applied and calls for more dedication and commitment.
Eighteenth-century genomes show that mixed infections were common at time of peak tuberculosis in Europe (post)
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Mumbai: Since 2010, 40% rise in maternal deaths; TB top killer (post)
Maternal deaths in Mumbai have increased 40% over the past five years. Data from the civic body, which records these deaths every month, revealed that the top cause of maternal deaths in Mumbai is tuberculosis, an infectious disease that is curable. The finding assumes significance given the resurgence of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the city and other parts of the country.
Mumbai sees a rise in TB cases on poor air quality (post)
The threshold RSPM level in India is 100 mg/cm. World Health Organisation's air quality guideline level is 20 mg/cm.
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