title: Short report: Gender differences in tuberculosis notification in Pakistan.
abstract: Worldwide, the male to female ratio of new smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) cases is approximately two to one. However, in Pakistan, this is not the case. Rates of notified TB cases are 20-30% higher in young females compared with males, and female rates remain high regardless of increasing age. This is in stark contrast to neighboring India, which is characterized by an excess of male TB cases. It is currently unknown why rates of notified TB are so high in females in Pakistan, but it is clear that this epidemiology is a public health issue of importance that impacts transmission dynamics and disease control initiatives.
authors: Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownsville, Texas, USA. andrew.j.codlin@uth.tmc.edu
authors: Andrew J
authors: AJ
authors: Codlin
authors: Saira
authors: S
authors: Khowaja
authors: Zhongxue
authors: Z
authors: Chen
authors: Mohammad H
authors: MH
authors: Rahbar
authors: Ejaz
authors: E
authors: Qadeer
authors: Ismat
authors: I
authors: Ara
authors: Joseph B
authors: JB
authors: McCormick
authors: Susan P
authors: SP
authors: Fisher-Hoch
authors: Aamir J
authors: AJ
authors: Khan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult