Projection of the number of patients with tuberculosis in the Netherlands in 2030
Background: The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in The Netherlands has been declining for many years. For the purpose of planning future TB-control activities we estimated the number of TB patients in The Netherlands up to 2030. Methods: Statistical modelling for 5-year age groups up to 2030 distinguishing among Dutch TB patients infected by a Dutch source (survival model), non-Dutch patients (projection of the proportion of culture-positive patients among first generation immigrants) and Dutch patients infected by a non-Dutch source (fixed relation with the number of non-Dutch patients). Resul... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2009 |
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Oxford University Press
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Schlagwörter: | Infectious Diseases |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26806565 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/19/4/424 |