TB and development

Question 1

rank these in order of cause of disease burden by 2004 figures:

HIV/AIDs
IHD
LRTIs
TB
Diarrhoeal disease
road traffic accident

Answer 1

1. LRTI
2. Diarrhoeal
3. IHD
4. HIV
5. Road
6. TB

Question 2

list the 7 leading cause of death 2016 in order?

Answer 2

IHD
Stroke

LRTIs
Diabetes

Road
Diarrheoa
TB

Question 3

leading INFECTIOUS cause of death 2018?

Answer 3

TB

Question 4

Top 5 risk factors of tb in order? 2018

Answer 4

Under nourishment
Alcohol abuse

Smoking
HIV
Diabetes

Question 5

Name the 2 types of interferon gamma relase assay.

What condition is it mostly used for?

Mechanism it relies on?

Answer 5

Quantiferon.tb
TSPOT.tb

Used for TB mainly

Relies of the fact that T cells always release IFN-Y upon contact with antigens