Determinants of site of tuberculosis disease: An analysis of European surveillance data from 2003 to 2014.

Giovanni SotgiuDennis FalzonVahur HolloCsaba KödmönNicolas LefebvreAndrei DaduMarieke J van der Werf

Published in: PloS one (2017)

Awareness of host-related determinants of site of TB is useful for diagnosis. The predilection for EPTB among patients originating from countries outside Europe may reflect strain preferences for disease localization, geographic/ethnic differences in disease manifestation and other factors, like HIV.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
public health
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human immunodeficiency virus
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hepatitis c virus
emergency department
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machine learning
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data analysis