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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.
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SUBMITTER: GBD 2019 Tuberculosis Collaborators
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8799634 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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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.
The Lancet. Infectious diseases 20210923 2
<h4>Background</h4>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 for 204 countries and territories from 1990 ...[more]