2001
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2001.0895
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The resurgence of tuberculosis in Russia

Abstract: This paper documents and attempts to explain the epidemic spread of tuberculosis (TB) in Russia during the 1990s. After several decades of decline, the notification rate of all new TB cases among permanent residents increased by 7.5% per year from 1991-1999 and the death rate by 11% per year. Growth was quickest from 1993-1995 but increased again after the economic crisis of August 1998. Approximately 120 000 new cases and 30 000 deaths were reported in 1999. Case detection and cure rates have fallen in Russia… Show more

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“…Promoting better food security and support for the general population, and certainly for those in most need, can have a large impact on TB control. Eastern European and former Soviet Union countries experienced a rapid increase in TB incidence in the 1990s [140,141] that can be traced to the erosion of health and social support systems, as well as a rise in conditions such as alcohol-use disorders. If left unchecked, increasing prevalence of NCD can have an impact on TB and vice versa.…”
Section: Screening and Managing Ncds In Tb Patientsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Promoting better food security and support for the general population, and certainly for those in most need, can have a large impact on TB control. Eastern European and former Soviet Union countries experienced a rapid increase in TB incidence in the 1990s [140,141] that can be traced to the erosion of health and social support systems, as well as a rise in conditions such as alcohol-use disorders. If left unchecked, increasing prevalence of NCD can have an impact on TB and vice versa.…”
Section: Screening and Managing Ncds In Tb Patientsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although several microlevel studies have pinpointed prisons as an important reservoir for TB and MDR TB in transition countries (1,(22)(23)(24), to date no comparative analyses have examined this hypothesis at a macrolevel or among countries. At a population level, TB incidence and transmission can occur (i) within the general population, (ii) from the general population to the prison population, (iii) within the prison population, and (iv) from the prison population to the general population.…”
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“…By mid 2004, 283,000 individuals were reported as HIV positive [1], equivalent to a prevalence of 136 per 100,000 people [2]. In 2003, there was also a significant rise in tuberculosis (TB) incidence and mortality [3] to 83.0 per 100,000 and 22.0 per 100,000, respectively [4,5]. High rates of drugresistant TB and multiple drug-resistant TB (MDRTB) have been reported from former countries of the USSR [6][7][8][9][10][11].…”
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