Munteanu, Ioana;
Cioran, Nicoleta;
van Hest, Rob;
Abubakar, Ibrahim;
Story, Alistair;
Chiotan, Domnica;
De Vries, Gerard;
(2022)
Tuberculosis Surveillance in Romania Among Vulnerable Risk Groups Between 2015 and 2017.
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
, 18
pp. 439-446.
10.2147/TCRM.S347748.
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Abstract
Purpose: Romania has the highest tuberculosis (TB) burden in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) comprising almost a quarter (23.4%) of the reported patients in 2017, and a TB notification rate six times higher than the EU/EEA average. Although the overall TB notification rate in Romania declined from 154/100.000 individuals to 66/100.000 individuals in the general population between 2002 and 2017, TB notification rates remain high in certain vulnerable populations groups such as prisoners, the homeless population and among drug users. / Patients and Methods: We conducted a descriptive study regarding TB monitoring data in Romania, including the aforementioned TB risk groups. / Results: Analysis regarding notified TB cases among these risk groups indicates that TB rates are 7 to 18 times higher than in the general population. One of the most alarming aspects regards the exceedingly high proportion of HIV-seropositivity among drug users and the high mortality rates among the homeless population and among drug users with TB. / Conclusion: This data underlines the importance of early identification among social risk groups using outreach active case-finding (ACF) activities, possibly combining TB screening with screening for other common, possibly life-threatening, co-morbidities for which an effective treatment is available. ACF could have a decisive role in TB control and eradication in Romania, when aimed at these high-risk groups.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Tuberculosis Surveillance in Romania Among Vulnerable Risk Groups Between 2015 and 2017 |
| Location: | New Zealand |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.2147/TCRM.S347748 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S347748 |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | Romania, notification rate, risk groups, tuberculosis |
| UCL classification: | UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10148643 |
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