1Assistant Professor, Cum Statistician Community Medicine
2Associate Professor, Community Medicine
3Professor & Head, Microbiology
4Professor & Head, Community Medicine
5ICD Coding Technician, BPS Government Medical College For Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat
*Corresponding author: Dr. Sanjeet Singh, Assistant Professor cum Statistician, Department of Community Medicine BPS Government Medical College For Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat 131305. Email: sanjeet.phd1@gmail.com
Online published on 14 October, 2016.
Despite many efforts to control TB, it remains a major public health problem. During last decade, many research regarding the seasonality of Tuberculosis (TB) has been conducted and a seasonal pattern has been found across different parts of the world.
To determine seasonality of tuberculosis and to characterize the patterns of seasonal variation among TB patients.
This retrospective study was conducted in BPS Government Medical College For Women and Hospital, Khanpur Kalan situated in Sonepat district of Haryana. Data from January, 2012 to November, 2014 were analysed. To study the seasonality of symptomatic and TB patients, the month-wise data were grouped into four quarters: 1st (January-March), 2nd (April-June), 3rd (July-September), and 4th (October-December) in a year.
Out of the 12172 suspects, 1277 (9.5%) were cases of TB. The proportion varied from quarter to quarter, the third quarter (July to September) having the highest (12.2%) and the fourth quarter (October to December) the lowest proportion (7.6%) and this difference was statistically significant (p=0.001).
A seasonal pattern of TB was observed for TB cases.
Tuberculosis, Respiratory diseases, Seasonal variation
