Results: 2013

The use of socioeconomic factors in mapping tuberculosis risk areas in a city of northeastern Brazil

In Brazil the challenge of meeting the needs of those living in deprived areas has generated discussions on replacing the existing approach to epidemiological surveillance with an integrated public health surveillance system. This new approach would supplant the traditional focus on high-risk individuals...

Equivalência das reaçöes cutâneas do PPD entre dois produtos comercializados no Brasil

Inf. epidemiol. SUS; 9 (3), 2000
Esta pesquisa objetivou avaliar a equivalência das reações cutâneas do PPD-RT23 Statens Serum Institut e do PPD do Laboratório Pimenta Abreu estimando: (a) a concordância da interpretação qualitativa da reação aos dois testes estudados; (b) a concordância entre os tamanhos das endurações cut...

Patients with tuberculosis in Bolivia: why do they die?

The objective of this research was to analyze why patients with tuberculosis (TB) die and to evaluate whether there are factors contributing to their fatal outcome that could be corrected. A cross-sectional observational study was conducted of the patients with active TB or its sequelae admitted to the T...