RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The trends of tuberculosis in Kosovo in the post war period, (2001-2010)
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP P2670
VO 40
IS Suppl 56
A1 Bahri Tigani
YR 2012
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P2670.abstract
AB Objective: To analyze the trends of Tuberculosis in Kosovo during the first decade of the post war period, (2001-2010).Methods: The TB National Reports of the years 2001-2010 has been used and different TB indicators has been analyzed and measured.Results: Number of TB cases for the period 2001-2010 decreased from 1674 (Year 2001) to 920 (Year 2010). TB Notification Rate/100 000 decreased from 78.2 in year 2001 to 43.7 in year 2010, which presents median annual decrease of 3.45%.Number of new sputum smear positive cases during the period 2001-2010 decreased from 461 in year 2001 to 287 in year 2010. Notification rate/100 000 for New sputum smear positive cases in year 2001 was 21.5 and decreased to 13.6 in year 2010.Bacteriological confirmation (only smear) of TB diagnosis within the pulmonary cases has increased from 41.8% to 50 %,(2001-2010).Extra pulmonary TB has increased from 19% (year 2001) to 33% (year 2010).Proportion of relapses (SS+) among all TB cases decreased from 6.3% (2001) to 3.2% (2010).Proportion of children under 15 years old among all TB cases decreased from 6.5% to 3.2 %.The pick of TB cases notified by age-groups was in the age groups 15-34 that is expected due to the very young population of Kosovo, (more than 50 % of Kosovo population is under 20 years.The specific incidence by age groups shows that the highest number of TB cases is in the age group > 65 years.M/F proportion for all TB cases in all age groups is 1,0.M/F proportion for New smear positive cases is 1.27.Conclusion: The trends of tuberculosis in Kosovo during the post war period (2001-2010), give the good perspective of TB situation in the country.