TB epidemiology: where are the young women? Know your tuberculosis epidemic, know your response.
Rubeshan PerumalKogieleum NaidooNesri PadayatchiPublished in: BMC public health (2018)
With nearly 70% of all TB patients being co-infected with HIV in our setting, it is not surprising that the age and sex distribution of TB is increasingly resembling the distribution of HIV in this region of dual hyperendemicity. New TB service design must begin to reflect the presence of young women as a significant group burdened by the disease.
Keyphrases
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- hiv aids
- hiv infected
- end stage renal disease
- hiv testing
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- healthcare
- men who have sex with men
- mental health
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk factors
- emergency department
- adverse drug
- patient reported