Volume 23, Number 3—March 2017
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis
Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis Disease in Humans in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, 2002–2014
Jennifer A. Davidson
, Miranda G. Loutet, Catherine O’Connor, Cathriona Kearns, Robert M.M. Smith, Maeve K. Lalor, H. Lucy Thomas, Ibrahim Abubakar, and Dominik Zenner
, Miranda G. Loutet, Catherine O’Connor, Cathriona Kearns, Robert M.M. Smith, Maeve K. Lalor, H. Lucy Thomas, Ibrahim Abubakar, and Dominik Zenner
Table 1
Characteristics of patients with Mycobacterium bovis disease, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, 2002–2014*
| Characteristic† |
All patients, no. (%), n = 357‡ |
UK-born patients, no. (%), n = 214§ |
Non–UK-born patients, no. (%), n = 83¶ |
| Age group, y | |||
| 0–14 | 6 (1.7) | 4 (1.9) | 2 (2.4) |
| 15–44 | 106 (29.7) | 39 (18.2) | 54 (65.1) |
| 45–64 | 70 (19.6) | 45 (21.0) | 12 (14.5) |
| >65 |
175 (49.0) |
126 (58.9) |
15 (18.1) |
| Male sex |
196 (55.1) |
130 (60.8) |
37 (44.6) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| White | 230 (73.0) | 199 (93.9) | 15 (18.5) |
| Black African | 37 (11.8) | 2 (0.9) | 35 (43.2) |
| Indian subcontinent | 16 (5.1) | 3 (1.4) | 9 (11.1) |
| Other |
32 (10.2) |
8 (3.8) |
22 (27.2) |
| Time since entered United Kingdom, y | |||
| <2 | NA | NA | 10 (14.7) |
| 2–5 | NA | NA | 17 (25.0) |
| 6–10 | NA | NA | 20 (29.4) |
| >10 |
NA |
NA |
21 (30.9) |
| Place of residence | |||
| Rural | 86 (24.9) | 62 (29.0) | 9 (10.8) |
| Urban |
259 (75.1) |
152 (71.0) |
74 (89.2) |
| Pulmonary TB# | |||
| Yes | 199 (56.9) | 131 (61.5) | 38 (45.8) |
| No |
151 (42.3) |
82 (38.5) |
45 (54.2) |
| >1 social risk factor** |
12 (7.9) |
6 (5.9) |
5 (11.1) |
| Previous TB diagnosis | 17 (6.1) | 13 (6.7) | 5 (5.4) |
*IQR, interquartile range; NA, not applicable; TB, tuberculosis.
†Sex, age, and site of disease reported for all cases (excluding breakdowns by birth in or not in the United Kingdom); all other characteristics reported only for notified cases.
‡Median age (IQR) 58 (36–77) y.
§Median age (IQR) 70 (52–79) y.
¶Median age (IQR) 35 (28–58) y.
#Pulmonary TB with or without extrapulmonary TB, those recorded as “no” had exclusively extrapulmonary TB.
**Data only available from 2010 on.
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