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Rising number of tuberculosis cases among Tibetans in New York City.
- Source :
- Journal of Immigrant Health; Oct2001, Vol. 3 Issue 4, p173-180, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Tuberculosis among Tibetans increased in New York City between 1995 and 1999. We examined characteristics of 68 Tibetan patients compared to 702 non-Tibetan patients from Nepal, India, or China, diagnosed between January 1995 and December 1999. The number of Tibetan patients increased each year after 1995 whereas non-Tibetans remained stable during the same period. Tibetans were younger (27 vs. 44 years), more likely to be infectious (63% vs. 46%), have multidrug resistance (7% vs. 2%) and shorter time to diagnosis after arrival (9 vs. 79 months, p < 0.01). For Tibetan patients, 68% of identified contacts were evaluated. The prevalence of tuberculosis infection was 65%. In contrast, among non-Tibetan patients 88.8% of contacts were evaluated and 45.2% were infected. Outreach efforts with community leaders and educational presentations at community events have been implemented in an effort to ensure continuity of care and completion of treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TUBERCULOSIS epidemiology
IMMIGRANTS
TIBETANS
PUBLIC health surveillance
REPORTING of diseases
STATISTICS
TIME
DNA fingerprinting
INTERVIEWING
EMIGRATION & immigration
ACQUISITION of data
FISHER exact test
MANN Whitney U Test
PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
DISEASE prevalence
MEDICAL records
CHI-squared test
DATA analysis software
CONTACT tracing
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10964045
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Immigrant Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 106925306