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“The Clock is Ticking,”: Tuberculosis in United Kingdom

Pallavi Kaulwar*

Corresponding Author: Pallavi Kaulwar, Ajeenkya DY Patil University, Pune, India.

Received: April 5, 2021 ;    Revised: May 7, 2021 ;    Accepted: May 10, 2021 ;   Available Online: May 26, 2021

Citation: Kaulwar P. (2021) “The Clock is Ticking,”: Tuberculosis in United Kingdom. J Gene Cell Mol Biol, 1(1): 1-5.

Copyrights: ©2021 Kaulwar P. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) bacteria that primarily affects the lungs. In the United Kingdom, tuberculosis is still a major public health issue. Given the disease's low overall incidence of 14 per 100,000, it is more common in major cities, among people born abroad, and other groups with unique risk factors. In the United Kingdom, migrant and racial minorities have higher tuberculosis (TB) rates than the general population. Historically, differential pathogen exposure due to migration from high-incidence regions and transnational relations maintained with TB endemic countries of birth or ethnic origin has been blamed for much of the difference in incidence between UK-born and migrant populations.

Tuberculosis is on the rise in the United Kingdom for a number of reasons. In the United Kingdom, there is no single intervention that can put tuberculosis under control; instead, a variety of interventions concentrating on different aspects of control is required. As a result, there is a widespread belief that migrants have a higher tuberculosis disease prevalence than the general population. Tuberculosis continues to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality around the world. According to recent reports, its prevalence among the elderly is growing even in the developing world. Active tuberculosis symptoms are non-specific and less severe in the elderly. In the elderly, radiological characteristics are more likely to be "atypical," and skin tests are more often negative.

However, since it is essentially a disease of poverty, prevention goes beyond this. As a result, good ventilation and better living standards are welcomed, while overcrowding should be avoided. Another significant part of prevention is improving nutritional status.

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