Seasonality of Tuberculosis in the United States, 1993-2008 | Zendy

Mark Willis | Zendy; Carla A. Winston | Zendy; Charles M. Heilig | Zendy; K. P. Cain | Zendy; Nicholas D. Walter | Zendy; William R. Mac Kenzie | Zendy

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Seasonality of Tuberculosis in the United States, 1993-2008

Author(s) -

Mark Willis,

Carla A. Winston,

Charles M. Heilig,

K. P. Cain,

Nicholas D. Walter,

William R. Mac Kenzie

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cis235

Subject(s) - seasonality , tuberculosis , medicine , incidence (geometry) , demography , ecology , biology , pathology , physics , sociology , optics

Although seasonal variation in tuberculosis incidence has been described in several recent studies, the mechanism underlying this seasonality remains unknown. Seasonality of tuberculosis disease may indicate the presence of season-specific risk factors that could potentially be controlled if they were better understood. We conducted this study to determine whether tuberculosis is seasonal in the United States and to describe patterns of seasonality in specific populations.

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