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PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN THE VOLGOGRAD REGION IN 1997—2014

O. N. Barkanova, S. G. Gagarina, A. A. Kaluzhenina, N. L. Popkova

Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, кафедра фтизиопульмонологии

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) epidemiology in the Volgograd region has been gradually improving in the last 18 years, but it still remains very tense In the last years a decrease in the epidemiological indicators of tuberculosis has been accelerating. Over the last ten years the morbidity of residents has decreased by 23,8 % and mortality — by 40,1 %.

Keywords

tuberculosis, epidemiology, morbidity, mortality.

Contacts

Барканова Ольга Николаевна — к. м. н., зав. кафедрой фтизиопульмонологии, Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, e-mail: barkmed@mail.ru