Journal article
Global, regional, and national sex differences in the global burden of tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis is a major contributor to the global burden of disease, causing more than a million deaths annually. Given an emphasis on equity in access to diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in global health targets, evaluations of differences in tuberculosis burden by sex are crucial. We aimed to assess the levels and trends of the global burden of tuberculosis, with an emphasis on investigating differences in sex by HIV status …
Authors
Collaborators GT; Ledesma JR; Ma J; Vongpradith A; Maddison ER; Novotney A; Biehl MH; LeGrand KE; Ross JM; Jahagirdar D
Journal
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 222–241
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 2022
DOI
10.1016/s1473-3099(21)00449-7
ISSN
1473-3099