Tuberculosis in Kazakhstan: analysis of risk determinants in national surveillance data
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Date
2012
Authors
Terlikbayeva, Assel
Hermosilla, Sabrina
Galea, Sandro
Schluger, Neil
Yegeubayeva, Saltanat
Abildayev, Tleukhan
Muminov, Talgat
Akiyanova, Farida
Bartkowiak, Laura
Zhumadilov, Zhaxybay
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BMC Infectious Diseases. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/12/262
Abstract
Development of tuberculosis (TB) is determined by various risk factors and the interactions of temporal and spatial distributions. The aim of this study was to identify the most salient risk factors for TB disease as well as multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB) at the oblast (provincial) level in Kazakhstan.
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Keywords
tuberculosis, case notification rate, prevalence, risk factors, MDR-TB, Kazakhstan, spatial distribution, surveillance, National tuberculosis program, Oblast, Research Subject Categories::MEDICINE