title: [The risk of tuberculosis in the principal ethnic groups of Kazakhstan].
abstract: According to the 1989 census, the basic ethnic groups in Kazakhstan are Kazakhs and Russians who account for 40% of the whole population of the republic. The different risk of respiratory tuberculosis was revealed among them. The risk for tuberculosis in the Kazakh population is almost 3 times higher than that in the Russians. The Kazakh population account for 64% of the total tuberculosis morbidity in the republic. The Kazakh population is characterized by high indices of both the focal and infiltrative forms of tuberculosis, while the infiltrative form is more common among the Russian population.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Khauadamova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007623:Kazakhstan / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012426:Russia / Q000208:ethnology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology
vernacular_title: Risk zabolevaniia tuberkulezom osnovnykh étnicheskikh grupp Kazakhstana.