Wealth Inequality and Tuberculosis Elimination in Europe
- Jonathan E. Suk
- Davide Manissero
- Guido Büscher
- Jan C. Semenza
Publication date
November 2009
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
In Europe, wealth inequality is directly related to tuberculosis (TB) notification (R2 = 0.69), while in countries with lower TB rates, higher proportions of TB cases occur in foreign-born persons. Particularly during times of financial upheaval, efforts to eliminate TB must address social inequality
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