Epidemiological Aspects of Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents from 0 to 17 Years Old during the Improved Tuberculosis Situation
Between 2008 and 2018, the overall tuberculosis incidence in Novosibirsk Region went down with the moderate annual decrease of 3.9% on average. By the end of 2018, the number of new tuberculosis cases decreased, while the incidence of multiple drug resistant tuberculosis increased. Tuberculosis situ...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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New Terra Publishing House
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Туберкулез и болезни лёгких |
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| Online Access: | https://www.tibl-journal.com/jour/article/view/1570 |
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| Summary: | Between 2008 and 2018, the overall tuberculosis incidence in Novosibirsk Region went down with the moderate annual decrease of 3.9% on average. By the end of 2018, the number of new tuberculosis cases decreased, while the incidence of multiple drug resistant tuberculosis increased. Tuberculosis situation in children from 0 to 17 years old was characterized by stabilization of incidence. In adolescents, these rates moderately decreased (-2.9%), and in children under 14 years old, this rate demonstrated the annual growth of 4.8%. In the context of the large burden of tuberculosis infection (2008), in 61.3% of tuberculosis cases in children aged 0-17 years, the index case of tuberculosis infection (ITBI) was not identified; by 2018, this rate dropped to 30.3%. However, the family exposure to a tuberculosis case was rather a predictor of the disease in children versus adolescents. And among adolescents, the role of casual contacts with ITBI was high (60.6%). Regardless of the epidemic situation, most of the children from 0 to 17 years old who developed tuberculosis were not covered by tuberculosis control activities, one of the reasons was the late detection of the source of tuberculosis infection. |
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| ISSN: | 2075-1230 2542-1506 |