Tuberculosis cases
MYERS, J. A. (1957). Tuberculosis in Various Ages and Different Races: Anachronisms. Diseases of the Chest, 31(4), 384–403. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.31.4.384
Despite the control and incongruences put in place by the health experts, TB has continued to prevail in particular by age, nativity, and race. There has been a problem of distinguishing the reported cases of TB infection, some from that result from TB latent infection reactivation, critical control strategies, among others. Nativity and race have proved to have some social connection to some of the causes of TB. To have control over this issue, there must be a well-researched approach that composes of environmental and social context approaches in areas with a high population.
Yang, Z., Kong, Y., Wilson, F., Foxman, B., Fowler, A. H., Marrs, C. F., … & Bates, J. H. (2004). Identification of risk factors for extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Clinical infectious diseases, 38(2), 199-205.
The cases of extrapulmonary in the United States have been increasing from 1991 when the first cases were reported. A case study was carried out to examine the relationship between clinical, lifestyle, among another factor that leads to extrapulmonary tuberculosis. The research that is taken helps to add knowledge based on the epidemiology of the disease and give more information about the cause of this type of TB. Various methods have been employed to perform these studies, such as data collection and statistical analysis.
Farer, L. S., Lowell, A. M., & Meador, M. P. (1979). Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in the United States. American journal of epidemiology, 109(2), 205-217.
Through research taken, some differences have been identified between pulmonary TB and extrapulmonary TB. One of them is that extrapulmonary TB differs concerning age, sex, and race. However, the cases of extrapulmonary TB has reduced due change in life.
Stead, W. W., Senner, J. W., Reddick, W. T., & Lofgren, J. P. (1990). Racial differences in susceptibility to infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. New England Journal of Medicine, 322(7), 422-427.
Blacks are more prevalent in extrapulmonary TB than the whites, according to recent statistics taken. There were fewer cases that were reported concerning this disease. In a test taken, regardless of the race, the blacks are, they experience high chances to get this infection by 13.8%. However, there was a new infection that was confirmed, which affected the whites by 7.2 %.
Rieder, H. L., Snider Jr, D. E., & Cauthen, G. M. (1990). Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in the united states1–3. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis, 141, 347-351.
In the United States, the number of new pulmonary cases reported reduced by 5.%. This has come as a result of a change in demographic changes of patients with tuberculosis. This differences between the types of disease are largely left unexplained