Association of tuberculosis with multimorbidity and social networks
ABSTRACT The combination of tuberculosis with other diseases can affect tuberculosis treatment within populations. In the present study, social network analysis of data retrieved from the Mexican National Epidemiological Surveillance System was used in order to explore associations between the numbe...
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doaj-8486038d30d54bfeb8f91628173d8d9e2020-11-24T21:12:11ZengSociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e TisiologiaJornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia1806-3756010.1590/s1806-37562016000000075S1806-37132017005001105Association of tuberculosis with multimorbidity and social networksHiram Valenzuela-JiménezEdgar Fabian Manrique-HernándezAlvaro Javier IdrovoABSTRACT The combination of tuberculosis with other diseases can affect tuberculosis treatment within populations. In the present study, social network analysis of data retrieved from the Mexican National Epidemiological Surveillance System was used in order to explore associations between the number of contacts and multimorbidity. The node degree was calculated for each individual with tuberculosis and included information from 242 contacts without tuberculosis. Multimorbidity was identified in 49.89% of individuals. The node degrees were highest for individuals with tuberculosis + HIV infection (p < 0.04) and lowest for those with tuberculosis + pulmonary edema (p < 0.07). Social network analysis should be used as a standard method for monitoring tuberculosis and tuberculosis-related syndemics.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132017005001105&lng=en&tlng=enTuberculose/epidemiologiaHIVNutrição em saúde pública |
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Hiram Valenzuela-Jiménez Edgar Fabian Manrique-Hernández Alvaro Javier Idrovo |
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Hiram Valenzuela-Jiménez Edgar Fabian Manrique-Hernández Alvaro Javier Idrovo Association of tuberculosis with multimorbidity and social networks Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia Tuberculose/epidemiologia HIV Nutrição em saúde pública |
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Hiram Valenzuela-Jiménez Edgar Fabian Manrique-Hernández Alvaro Javier Idrovo |
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Hiram Valenzuela-Jiménez |
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Association of tuberculosis with multimorbidity and social networks |
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Association of tuberculosis with multimorbidity and social networks |
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Association of tuberculosis with multimorbidity and social networks |
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Association of tuberculosis with multimorbidity and social networks |
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Association of tuberculosis with multimorbidity and social networks |
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association of tuberculosis with multimorbidity and social networks |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia |
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Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia |
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1806-3756 |
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ABSTRACT The combination of tuberculosis with other diseases can affect tuberculosis treatment within populations. In the present study, social network analysis of data retrieved from the Mexican National Epidemiological Surveillance System was used in order to explore associations between the number of contacts and multimorbidity. The node degree was calculated for each individual with tuberculosis and included information from 242 contacts without tuberculosis. Multimorbidity was identified in 49.89% of individuals. The node degrees were highest for individuals with tuberculosis + HIV infection (p < 0.04) and lowest for those with tuberculosis + pulmonary edema (p < 0.07). Social network analysis should be used as a standard method for monitoring tuberculosis and tuberculosis-related syndemics. |
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Tuberculose/epidemiologia HIV Nutrição em saúde pública |
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