Survival Analysis Comparing HIV Infection Status and Time until Diagnosis in Tuberculosis Cases in the United States Foreign-Born Population by Region of Origin, 2005-2015 Pubblico

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Background: Tuberculosis is an airborne, infectious disease and was the world's leading infectious disease killer in 2016. In the United States, the proportion of tuberculosis cases among the foreign-born population has increased and now accounts for over 60% of the national TB Cases (16,18, 29, 40). It is well known that HIV infection is the primary risk factor for acquiring or progressing to active TB. This study sought to investigate and quantify risk factors in relation to time until TB diagnosis in the foreign-born population among those who are HIV-TB coinfected and those with TB disease alone.

Methods: This analysis used data obtained from the National Tuberculosis Surveillance System (NTSS) from 2005-2015 provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Analysis was restricted to foreign-born individuals, defined as a person not born within the United States or to a parent who was a U.S. citizen and included 46,633 observations. A multivariate analysis was conducted using a Cox Proportional Hazards Model to assess the relationship between time until diagnosis and HIV infection status on the overall foreign-born population and stratified by global region of origin.

Results: Of the 46,663 observations, 3,042 (6.5%) were HIV positive at the time of diagnosis. Five countries represented over half of the TB cases- Mexico (21.9%), Philippines (9.0%), India (F8.0%), Vietnam (6.8%), and China (4.2%). A crude hazards ratio (HR) of 1.14 (95% CI1.10, 1.18) was calculated from a Cox Proportional Hazards model. When stratified out by global region of origin, Africa, Americas, Southeast Asia, Europe, Eastern Mediterranean, and Western Pacific had crude hazard ratios of 1.01 (95% CI0.94, 1.08), 1.05 (95% CI1.01, 1.11), 1.02 (95% CI 0.87, 1.21), 0.99 (95% CI0.70, 1.4), 1.01 (95% CI 0.77, 1.32), and 1.15 (95% CI 0.99, 1.34), respectively.

Conclusions: The findings from this analysis suggest that HIV does not significantly alter the probability of TB diagnosis in the foreign-born population. Future efforts should concentrate on domestic testing and treatment for LTBI in immigrants and refugees from Southeast Asia and Eastern Mediterranean regions.

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School	Rollins School of Public Health
Department	Epidemiology
Degree	MPH
Submission	Master's Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Health Sciences, Public Health Health Sciences, Epidemiology
Parola chiave	HIV Tuberculosis Survival Analysis
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Castro, Kenneth G, Emory University
Partnering Agencies	CDC

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