SynthesisEmerging infectious diseases2020
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Sex Differences in Social Contact Patterns and Implications for Tuberculosis Transmission and Control.
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- Risk factors and treatment outcome of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients: A five-year study in the North of Iran.Caspian journal of internal medicine · 2024Article
- Preventing tuberculosis with community-based care in an HIV-endemic setting: a modeling analysis.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- Drivers of sex differences in the South African adult tuberculosis incidence and mortality trends, 1990-2019.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Social contact patterns might contribute to excess burden of tuberculosis in men. We conducted a study of social contact surveys to evaluate contact patterns relevant to tuberculosis transmission. Available data describe 21 surveys in 17 countries and show profound differences in sex-based and age-based patterns of contact. Adults reported more adult contacts than children. Children preferentially mixed with women in all surveys (median sex assortativity 58%, interquartile range [IQR] 57%-59% for boys, 61% [IQR 60%-63%] for girls). Men and women reported sex-assortative mixing in 80% and 95% of surveys (median sex assortativity 56% [IQR 54%-58%] for men, 59% [IQR 57%-63%] for women). Sex-specific patterns of contact with adults were similar at home and outside the home for children; adults reported greater sex assortativity outside the home in most surveys. Sex assortativity in adult contacts likely contributes to sex disparities in adult tuberculosis burden by amplifying incidence among men.
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