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MEDISAN
versão On-line ISSN 1029-3019
Resumo
MARIN MENDEZ, Mayelin; RODRIGUEZ JULIAN, Arístides Ramón e MINIER POUYOU, Laidelbis. Determining factors related to the incidence of the tuberculosis in a municipality of Santiago de Cuba. MEDISAN [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.5, pp. 847-859. Epub 07-Nov-2019. ISSN 1029-3019.
Introduction:
Tuberculosis is an infectocontagious disease that affects a great number of people worldwide.
Objective:
To describe the characteristics of this disease in the municipality of Mella, according to some social-demographic, social -cultural, social-behavioural, biological, environmental determinants as well as of health services and to identify the risk factors present in the community.
Methods:
An ecological, cross sectional study with combined designs was carried out. The universe was constituted by the 7 cases notified with lung tuberculosis in the municipality of Mella, Santiago de Cuba, from 2016 to 2018.
Results:
Among the most affected risk groups we can mention: elderly, alcoholic, diabetics and undernourished adults; with more incidence in male sex. Among other findings, the possible associations between the incidence of tuberculosis and the risk factors were detected.
Conclusions:
The rates of incidences were associated in a direct way to the populational density, overcrowding, little ventilation and scarce illumination.
Palavras-chave : lung tuberculosis; reemergent disease; malnutrition; alcoholism; acquired community infections.