Tuberculosis in the tropics.
Med J Aust
; 159(6): 412-5, 1993 Sep 20.
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| ID: mdl-8377694
ABSTRACT
PIP: Tuberculosis (TB) has long been under control in developed countries. Recently, however, the stability of this comfortable position has begun to erode. More than 7 million people are affected by active TB in developing countries where poor infrastructure thwarts control efforts and TB interacts with HIV infection. The 3 major strategies for controlling TB remain BCG vaccination in children, preventive therapy, and reducing the sources of infection through case identification and curative treatment. The international health community should confer high priority to research and resources upon improving these strategies. TB is highly prevalent in the tropics not because it is a tropical disease, but because it is an opportunistic disease of poverty, overcrowding, and malnutrition which are seen in higher incidence in tropical countries with relatively newly exposed populations and countries where health infrastructure is hindered by economic disadvantage and political instability. Sections review global trends; the size of the problem; tuberculosis in tropical Australia; tuberculosis and HIV infection; the current status of TB prevention; and the current status of case control.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Tuberculosis Pulmonar
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Países en Desarrollo
Tipo de estudio:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
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Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med J Aust
Año:
1993
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Australia