PMID: 18717230Aug 23, 2008Paper

Incidence of tuberculosis in Piedmont Region in the period 2001-2003

Epidemiologia e prevenzione
Iacopo BaussanoM Bugiani

Abstract

tuberculosis is a global heath priority and the surveillance systems are essential tools to control the spread of the disease. The objectives are to estimate: the incidence tuberculosis in Piedmont for the period 2001-03, using multiple sources of information; the sensitivity of the regional system for the surveillance of tuberculosis; the impact ofimmigration from areas with high prevalence of tuberculosis. deterministic linkage between electronic databases and estimate of non-observed cases of microbiologically confirmed tuberculosis, using the 'capture-recapture method'. the Piedmonti population was the study base. Tuberculosis cases were identified from the integrated Regional Tuberculosis Surveillance System (SSR- TB), the Tuberculosis Laboratory Registry (RL-TB), and the Regional Registry of Inpatient Records (SDO). 1790 cases of tuberculosis were recorded, in 28.6% (512) of the cases the disease was observed among individuals from countries with high prevalence of tuberculosis. Microbiologically confirmed cases of tuberculosis were 1254 (70%), while pulmonary cases were 1233 (69%). The annual crude incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 inhabitants) was 14.1 cases, 31.5% of whom were attributable to immigration from coun...Continue Reading

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