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- Title
Gender differences in notification rates, clinical forms and treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients under the RNTCP.
- Authors
Mukherjee, Abhijit; Saha, Indranil; Sarkar, Anirban; Chowdhury, Ranadip
- Abstract
An increased notification rate of tuberculosis (TB) in men is seen in the SAARC region. In India, the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) detects nearly three times more male than female TB patients. Gender differences have also been reported in the clinical forms of tuberculous disease and in treatment adherence and cure rates in patients undergoing treatment for tuberculosis. The present study was undertaken to find out the sex differences in the notification rates and treatment outcomes of TB patients registered under the RNTCP in a rural tuberculosis unit (TU) in West Bengal.
- Publication
Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society, 2012, Vol 29, Issue 2, p120
- ISSN
0974-598X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.4103/0970-2113.95302