Social Portrait of Tuberculosis Adults Forming Effective Area with Children and Adolescents

Abstract

Social characteristics of ТВ patients with close contacts with children and adolescents in effective TB area (ETBA) were studied. ETBA of 380 children and adolescents younger than 18 years were included in the study. Questioning of 100 healthy people and 212adult TB patients from the EDA with children and adolescents was done to reveal social peculiarities of the later. Age, sex, marital status, educational level, occupation, the main sources of income and financial situation, living conditions, and other characteristics were analyzed, «social portrait» TB patient from ETBA with children and adolescents