Influence of Migration on Tuberculosis in a Semi-Urban Area

• Published in: Archivos de bronconeumología (English ed.) 2014-08, Vol.50 (8), p.325-331
• Main Authors: Molina-Salas, Yolanda, Lomas-Campos, María de las Mercedes, Romera-Guirado, Francisco José, Romera-Guirado, María Jesús
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology; Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use; Crowding; Drug Therapy, Combination; Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data; Epidemiology; Epidemiología; Europe - ethnology; Female; Humans; Immigration; Incidence; Incidencia; Inmigración; Internal Medicine; Male; Medication Adherence; Middle Aged; Morocco - ethnology; Nigeria - ethnology; Population Surveillance; Pulmonary/Respiratory; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Smoking - epidemiology; South America - ethnology; Spain - epidemiology; Substance Abuse, Intravenous - epidemiology; Suburban Population - statistics & numerical data; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis - drug therapy; Tuberculosis - epidemiology; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1579-2129; 1579-2129
• DOI: 10.1016/j.arbr.2014.06.004

Abstract Aims To describe the epidemiology of tuberculosis and analyzing the differences among native and immigrant patients in Area III of the Region of Murcia. Methods Cohort study of tuberculosis cases reported to the Epidemiological Surveillance Service from 2004 to 2009. Data collection was performed through the System of Notification Diseases, reviewing clinical files and epidemiological surveys. Results One hundred and sixty two cases were detected; 110 (67.9%) were immigrants, whose incidence rates ranged from 43.4 to 101.2 cases per 100 000 inhabitants. Ecuador (42.7%), Bolivia (30%) and Morocco (18.2%) were the main nationalities. Immigrants were younger than Spanish population ( P