2019
DOI: 10.29193/rmu.35.2.2
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Características clínicas y epidemiológicas de pacientes con tuberculosis en el estado Carabobo, Venezuela

Abstract: ResumenIntroducción y objetivo: la tuberculosis (TB) es una de las principales causas de mortalidad a nivel mundial con tendencia al estancamiento en su control, situación a la que no es ajena Venezuela, y particularmente el estado Carabobo con importantes cifras de enfermedades respiratorias. El objetivo de este trabajo fue describir las características clínico-epidemiológicas de la TB ocurrida durante un año en el estado Carabobo.Método: estudio descriptivo, de campo y retrospectivo.Resultados: fueron en tot… Show more

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“…One of the last official epidemiological reports made by the Venezuelan government pointed to a 68% increase in the number of tuberculosis cases (7,816 new cases) in the year 2016, in Venezuela, with an incidence rate of 32.4/100,000 inhab. considered the highest in the country in 40 years ( Maurera et al., 2019 ). Evidence seems to point-out to a regular migratory flow at the international borders of Brazil, as well as the active transmission of TB in these contexts.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…One of the last official epidemiological reports made by the Venezuelan government pointed to a 68% increase in the number of tuberculosis cases (7,816 new cases) in the year 2016, in Venezuela, with an incidence rate of 32.4/100,000 inhab. considered the highest in the country in 40 years ( Maurera et al., 2019 ). Evidence seems to point-out to a regular migratory flow at the international borders of Brazil, as well as the active transmission of TB in these contexts.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%