Tuberculose em Portugal.
There is a general downward trend of most epidemiological indices for TB, except for mortality. Incidence and prevalence rates were, for the first time ever, situated below 50 cases/100,000 inhabitants and smear-positive cases below 25/100,000. TB occurs mostly in the large, coastal cities, Lisboa a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ordem dos Médicos
1995-10-01
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| Series: | Acta Médica Portuguesa |
| Online Access: | https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/2749 |
| Summary: | There is a general downward trend of most epidemiological indices for TB, except for mortality. Incidence and prevalence rates were, for the first time ever, situated below 50 cases/100,000 inhabitants and smear-positive cases below 25/100,000. TB occurs mostly in the large, coastal cities, Lisboa and Oporto having 50% of the cases. There is a decreasing trend in 14 districts. Males are most affected. Young adults, 19 to 44 years old are the most prevalent group, children under 15 having very few cases and hardly any cases of miliary or meningitis. TB occurring together with AIDS had a greater increase than AIDS alone. Substance abusers had a greater increase of both situations, as well as deaths, than the other risk groups. BCG vaccination, as part of EPI, attained 91% coverage of newborns. |
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| ISSN: | 0870-399X 1646-0758 |