Open AccessTUBERCULOSIS AMONG WOMEN IN PENITENTIARY SYSTEM OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Author(s) -
T.Ju. Chebagina,
E.A. Samarina,
С. А. Стерликов
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
zdorovʹe naseleniâ i sreda obitaniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2619-0788
pISSN - 2219-5238
DOI - 10.35627/2219-5238/2017-287-2-48-52
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , epidemiology , incidence (geometry) , prison , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , immunology , pathology , psychology , physics , criminology , sociology , optics
Epidemiological indicators for tuberculosis in men and women over 10 years were analyzed. Theincidence of TB, TB prevalence and mortality of female TB-patients in prison is lower than that of men,but do not have the tendency to decrease. Among women, in contrast to men, increases the proportion ofpatients with chronic TB. The proportion of new cases of destructive forms of TB among women is lowerthan among men. Lethality of patients with TB decreased among both men and women. Among femaleTB-patients a higher proportion of patients with co-infection TB and HIV are registered.