SynthesisEpidemiology and infection2018
Incidence and prevalence of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis among adolescents and young adults: a systematic review.
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- Epidemiology of adult chronic cough: disease burden, regional issues, and recent findings.Asia Pacific allergy · 2021Review
- Age and sex distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and rifampicin resistance in Myanmar as detected by Xpert MTB/RIF.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Tuberculosis infection and disease in South African adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV on antiretroviral therapy: a cohort study.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2021Article
- Longitudinal Changes in Spirometry in South African Adolescents Perinatally Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Who Are Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2020Article
- A tuberculosis school outbreak in China, 2018: reaching an often overlooked adolescent population.Epidemiology and infection · 2019Article
- Epidemiology of tuberculosis among children and adolescents in the USA, 2007-17: an analysis of national surveillance data.The Lancet. Public health · 2019Article
- BCG vaccination and tuberculosis prevention: A forty years cohort study, Monastir, Tunisia.PloS one · 2019Article
- Global, Regional, and National Burden of HIV and Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis Co-Infection Among Adolescents and Young Adults (1990-2021).Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareArticle
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Abstract
The burden of tuberculosis (TB) among adolescents and young adults in endemic settings is poorly characterised. This study aimed to review published and unpublished estimates of the incidence and prevalence of bacteriologically confirmed TB among young people aged 10-24 years. We searched PubMed and World Health Organization archives for publications and unpublished data from population-based epidemiologic studies reporting confirmed pulmonary TB among young people, conducted from January 2000 onwards. We identified 27 publications and unpublished data from two national surveys, representing a total of 26 studies in 19 countries. The prevalence of bacteriologically confirmed TB ranged from 45 to 799 per 100 000 in the Asia-Pacific region and from 160 to 462 per 100 000 in African settings. We did not identify any epidemiologic studies of confirmed TB among adolescents living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Many studies were excluded due to absent or inadequately reported age-specific data. Adolescents and young adults living in many endemic settings appear to be at substantial risk of developing active TB. There is a pressing need to improve the routine reporting of age in epidemiologic studies of TB, and to generate high-quality epidemiologic data regarding TB among adolescents living with HIV.
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