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Tuberculosis in Babylon Governorate– Iraq (Three years before & Three years after 2003) | ||
| Kerbala Journal of Medicine | ||
| Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 766-771 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohanad Mohsin Ahmed; Hattem Abdul-Lattif; Amer W. Falah Al-Joboury | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Tuberculosis (Tb) is a common infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, occasionally by Mycobacterium bovis & africanum (tubercle bacilli), it is a major public health problem in Babylon & it seems to be of a high prevalence at the last decade. Aim: Study the TB infection according to some demographic points in Babylon governorate during the years (2000-2001) & (2006-2007). Patients & Methods: 2536 patients were involved in this study (1400 males 55.2% & 1136 females 44.8%). All of them were registered by a retrospective study at the Tuberculosis & chest clinic at Babylon during the years ( 2000 , 2001 , 2006 , 2007 ) , the number of patient in each year was ( 633 , 653 , 634 & 616 ) respectively . Six demographic parameters for each patient were studied (age, sex. area, site of infection, sputum examination & month distribution of infection). Results : the current study shows that there is no relationship statistically between Tb infection during these years ( p > 0.05 ) , but there is a significant relation between Tb & areas ( increases number of cases at the center of Babylon ) ( p < 0.01 ) , it also shows that there is a high significant relation between the disease & the age of the patient ( increase in younger age groups 16 – 30 years old ) ( p < 0.001 ) . Conclusions: tuberculosis still a major public health problem in Babylon governorate, the distribution of infection was nearly the same during the years of the study (three years before & after 2003), Tb affects the younger age groups commonly & the distribution of disease was concentrated at the center. | ||
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