Khazaei Hossein Ali, Rezaei Nima, Bagheri Gholam Reza, Dankoub Mohammad Ali, Shahryari Khalil, Tahai Amir, Mahmoudi Maryam
Zabol Medical Sciences College, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran.
Eur J Epidemiol. 2005;20(10):879-83. doi: 10.1007/s10654-005-2152-y.
In order to study the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in Zabol, situated in the Southeast of Iran, this study was performed. Two thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine cases of tuberculosis disease were identified during 1998-2002. The notification rate was 135/100,000 population in 2002, which was higher than this rate in previous years. The notification rate of TB in Afghan population was significantly higher than Iranian population (202 cases/100,000 in Afghan and 122 cases/100,000 in Iranian population. The case notifications in 1998-2001 were 134, 131, 130, and 130 in 100,000 populations, respectively. The prevalence of smear-positive cases was 76/100,000 population in 2002 and the ratio of smear-positive cases to smear-negative and extrapulmonary cases was 1.46. This region remains high TB rates. It is necessary to pay attention to the detection of TB, by making their register in order to enhance the effectiveness and to reduce the cost of existing methods.
为研究位于伊朗东南部的扎博勒市的结核病流行病学情况,开展了本研究。1998年至2002年期间共确诊2729例结核病病例。2002年的报告发病率为135/10万人口,高于前几年的发病率。阿富汗人群的结核病报告发病率显著高于伊朗人群(阿富汗人群为202例/10万,伊朗人群为122例/10万)。1998年至2001年的病例报告率分别为134/10万、131/10万、130/10万和130/10万人口。2002年涂片阳性病例的患病率为76/10万人口,涂片阳性病例与涂片阴性及肺外病例的比例为1.46。该地区的结核病发病率仍然很高。有必要通过建立登记制度来加强结核病的检测,以提高现有方法的有效性并降低成本。