[The epidemiological aspects of respiratory tuberculosis recorded in the last 12 years in those over 60].
As the elements of geriatric epidemiology, pathology and sociology are more and more studied nowadays, the paper reports on several epidemiologic aspects resulting from the evolution of the tuberculous endemic, at the ages over 60, in the last 12 years (1976-1987) in the Constanţa County. The data presented show, in the 12 years of our study, important decreases of the incidence of the tuberculosis of the respiratory system at ages over 60, to values below 20% in the last years, with characteristics and evolution tendencies, generally superimposable, over the data recorded for the same time interval on a national scale. The paper insists on the epidemiologic impact, on a mass scale, of the patients with tuberculosis over 60 years old, dispersed among the whole population and having the most various possibilities of contact and transmittance of the infection and disease towards the receptive population mainly children and youngsters.
Didilescu
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U.S.S.M., Secţia de Pneumoftiziologie, Filiala Constanţa.
Ionescu
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology*
Aspecte epidemiologice ale tuberculozei aparatului respirator consemnate în ultimii 12 ani la vîrstele peste 60 ani.