Does tuberculosis remain a social problem?

Halina Batura-Gabryel

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Does tuberculosis remain a social problem?

Halina Batura-Gabryel

Przew Lek 2066; 4: 58-63

Online publish date: 2006/06/08

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With approximately 3 million annual deaths, tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of mortality worldwide into the 21st century. It is estimated that one third of the world population harbor a latent infection by the causative pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In this paper are presented TB risk factors, last world and polish epidemiological data and some social reasons of increasing number of people with this disease.

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Does tuberculosis remain a social problem?

Halina Batura-Gabryel

tuberculosis, risk factors, epidemiology, social problems