Open AccessLatent tuberculosis infection in children and adolescents in Russia
Author(s) -
Valentina Aksenova,
Irina A. Vasilyeva,
Tereza Kasaeva,
Anastasia Samoilova,
Natalia Yurievna Pshenichnaya,
Tatyana Tyulkova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.038
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , latent tuberculosis , medicine , pediatrics , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology
After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the annual incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in children 15-17 years of age increased in the Russian Federation from 16 per 100 000 population in 1992 to 37 per 100 000 in 2009, and new control measures were implemented.
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