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SOME EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND TUBERCULOSIS TRANSMISSION IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS RESIDING THE VOLGOGRAD REGION

S. A. Yudin, O. N. Barkanova

Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, кафедра фтизиопульмонологии

Abstract

An analysis of the epidemiology of tuberculosis in children and adolescents between 2002-2013 was performed. It showed that tuberculosis morbidity in children residing in the Volgograd region is lower than that in the Russian Federation. However, tuberculosis incidence in an adolescent cohort remains quite high. Continuous collaboration between phthisiatricians and children’s health outpatient providers could reduce tuberculosis incidence among adolescents.

Keywords

tuberculosis in children and adolescents, epidemiological situation, Volgograd region.

Contacts

Юдин Сергей Александрович — к. м. н., ассистент, докторант кафедры фтизиопульмонологии, Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, e-mail: su1694@yandex.ru