Epidemiology Report of Tuberculosis Tania Castillo Tania Castillo Epidemiology Report of Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic bacterial disease that is highly in development countries. This disease is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis‚ an acid-fast aerobic bacillus‚ which is prevalent in tropical areas across the globe. For instance‚ the majority of the cases occur in malnourish individuals‚ immigrants and elderly persons. Most of the person’s who has the disease
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Tuberculosis (TB) causes 1.4 million deaths every year (Dash‚ 2013). Misuse of anti-tuberculosis drugs and late detection and/or diagnosis has contributed to the emergence of drug-resistant TB (Dash‚ 2013). Drug resistant tuberculosis is referred to as either multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB)‚ or extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB)‚ both of which create obstacles for successful treatment (Lehne‚ 2013). Lehne (2013) defines MDR-TB as a TB that does not respond to either isoniazide or rifampin. XDR-TB
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fatal like cancer‚ stroke and tuberculosis. The interventions of health care are needed in order to decrease the mortality and morbidity rate. Greater effort in maintaining health must be practiced to live a healthier and longer life. Tuberculosis is still a great challenge to humankind‚ because since then‚ there have been many drugs that are available at an affordable price‚ prevention is not that costly‚ but there are still people who are dying because of tuberculosis. The Philippines ranks ninth
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Disease in the News – Tuberculosis HCS/245 June 25‚ 2013 Tynan Weed Tuberculosis Tuberculosis‚ TB (tubercle bacillus) or MTB (mycobacterium tuberculosis) is a widespread‚ and in numerous cases fatal‚ communicable disease produced by a variety of forms of mycobacteria. The disease is distributed within the air when individuals who are infected with active TB infection sneeze‚ cough‚ or pass on breathing fluids throughout the air. Generally infections are asymptomatic‚ meaning they feel
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Epidemiology of Tuberculosis Christy Lilly Grand Canyon University - NRS 427V Jen Costello June 6‚ 2015 Epidemiology of Tuberculosis World travel has become more commonplace and people are no longer destined to remain on a single continent. Travel’s ease and affordability have made the spread of disease easier. One of those diseases that is spread worldwide is tuberculosis (TB). Description of Tuberculosis Since ancient times tuberculosis has been present‚ it was also known as Consumption. Despite
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Infectious diseases have the potential to be easily transmitted within prisons due to close contact between inmates. Tuberculosis (TB) has been and currently still is one of the most threatening infectious diseases worldwide. This can be seen through the numbers‚ which categorize it as one of the largest causes of morbidity and mortality. Over the years it has become evident that prisons have become breeding grounds for diseases such as this. Around the world TB prevalence among prisoners is substantially
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Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that affects the lungs. It can start out like a normal flu‚ with coughing being the number one symptom. After a while‚ the virus attacks the lungs with more vehemence‚ causing internal bleeding. This internal bleeding is visible when the infected coughs. If left untreated‚ the infected will literally cough themselves to death. Today I will talk about the history of Tuberculosis in the United States. During my speech I will discuss Consumption in the early 19th
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Social Affects of Tuberculosis SOC 313 Social Affects of Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that mostly affects the lung. While tuberculosis is infectious and contagious it is preventable and curable. Even with updated information about this disease there still seems to be a stigma surrounding tuberculosis. Many people believe that tuberculosis is incurable. People also believe that if they come into contact with a person with TB then they will automatically contract TB as
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Tuberculosis is a common‚ and in many cases lethal‚ infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria‚ usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis typically attacks the lungs‚ but can also affect other parts of the body. It is spread through the air when people who have an active TB infection cough‚ sneeze‚ or otherwise transmit respiratory fluids through the air. Most infections are asymptomatic and latent‚ but about one in ten latent infections eventually progresses to active disease
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Hansen’s disease‚ is a chronic‚ infectious disease that mainly affects the skin‚ mucous membranes‚ and nerves. A rod shaped bacillus named Mycobacterium leprea‚ causes the virus. Mycobacterium leprea is very similar to the bacillus that causes tuberculosis. The reason Leprosy is also known as Hansen’s disease‚ is because it was first identified in 1874 by a Norwegian physician named Gerhard Henrik Armeur Hansen. Leprosy appears in both the Old and New Testaments. In the bible Leprosy was not the
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