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http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cata...n/Barcelona/elpepuespcat/20110325elpcat_7/Tes
Spanish to English translation
TB cases increased almost 10% in Barcelona
M. CP. / DS - Barcelona - 25/03/2011
Vote Result 7 votes
After two years of decline, tuberculosis has picked up in Catalonia, and especially in Barcelona because, among other factors, to the crisis. The Health Department estimates an increase of cases in Catalonia, about 2% in 2010 (there is still no definitive data). The rally was highlighted in Barcelona, with an increase of 9.6% of cases, according to figures from the Public Health Agency of the city. According to Dr. Neus Altet, of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Pulmonology, "stress, poor diet and lack of hygiene or housing" are risk factors closely linked to the crisis to "increase the likelihood of falling ill ' .
"The bacillus can lie dormant until a drop in defense and attack lets you wake up and develop TB," said Dr. Altet. Part of the Unit of Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in the CAP Drassanes, which last year treated 126 cases of this disease, one every three days, almost double that of 2009.
"There is a rebound after two years of decline may be due to several reasons to be analyzed, including the crisis," said Joan Cayla's Chief of Epidemiology, Public Health Agency of Barcelona. Barcelona Cayl? notes that tuberculosis continues to record incidents far removed from those found in European cities like London, with almost twice the incidence than the Catalan capital, and allocated to the control program and surveillance of the disease that was introduced for 25 years.
Fear of rejection
The social stigma of the disease sometimes hampers the control of infection. According to Altet, "some patients are afraid of losing their job if they are reported to have TB, but it is necessary to make the tuberculin test as many people as possible in the environment of the patient, since the risk of infection is very high.
The immigrants, who accounted for 54% of TB cases that occurred in Barcelona in 2010, have an increased risk of developing the disease, especially those from some developing countries that have, according Cayl?, with "programs limited control. " The highest rates of poverty among immigrants, also increase risk. "We will pay face this crisis. And in many ways," Case Altet.
Spanish to English translation
TB cases increased almost 10% in Barcelona
M. CP. / DS - Barcelona - 25/03/2011
Vote Result 7 votes
After two years of decline, tuberculosis has picked up in Catalonia, and especially in Barcelona because, among other factors, to the crisis. The Health Department estimates an increase of cases in Catalonia, about 2% in 2010 (there is still no definitive data). The rally was highlighted in Barcelona, with an increase of 9.6% of cases, according to figures from the Public Health Agency of the city. According to Dr. Neus Altet, of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Pulmonology, "stress, poor diet and lack of hygiene or housing" are risk factors closely linked to the crisis to "increase the likelihood of falling ill ' .
"The bacillus can lie dormant until a drop in defense and attack lets you wake up and develop TB," said Dr. Altet. Part of the Unit of Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in the CAP Drassanes, which last year treated 126 cases of this disease, one every three days, almost double that of 2009.
"There is a rebound after two years of decline may be due to several reasons to be analyzed, including the crisis," said Joan Cayla's Chief of Epidemiology, Public Health Agency of Barcelona. Barcelona Cayl? notes that tuberculosis continues to record incidents far removed from those found in European cities like London, with almost twice the incidence than the Catalan capital, and allocated to the control program and surveillance of the disease that was introduced for 25 years.
Fear of rejection
The social stigma of the disease sometimes hampers the control of infection. According to Altet, "some patients are afraid of losing their job if they are reported to have TB, but it is necessary to make the tuberculin test as many people as possible in the environment of the patient, since the risk of infection is very high.
The immigrants, who accounted for 54% of TB cases that occurred in Barcelona in 2010, have an increased risk of developing the disease, especially those from some developing countries that have, according Cayl?, with "programs limited control. " The highest rates of poverty among immigrants, also increase risk. "We will pay face this crisis. And in many ways," Case Altet.