Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
smoking, mycobacterium tuberculosis, TB, Ukraine
College
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Department
Statistics
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious bacterial infection caused by mycobacterium Tuberculosis. While some people consider TB to be a “dead” disease that was eradicated years ago, it is, in fact, very much alive in the world today. It is estimated that more than two billion people are infected with TB bacilli1; this is approximately one third of the world’s population. There are many factors associated with the development of TB. Previous research links socioeconomic factors as well as HIB-TB co-infection with the TB epidemic. Countries that are poorer and have higher levels of HIV tend to have more cases of Tuberculosis. The question proposed is whether or not the percentage of a country that smokes can be useful in predicting the number of incident TB cases for that country. Do high smoking levels in a country effect the rate of TB? The second question has to do with the public health infrastructure in a country.
Recommended Citation
Ellison, Noel and Collings, Dr. Bruce
(2014)
"Smoking and Tuberculosis in Ukraine,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 1286.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/1286