Wealth Inequality and Tuberculosis Elimination in Europe

Abstract

In Europe, wealth inequality is directly related to tuberculosis (TB) notification (R2 = 0.69), while in countries with lower TB rates, higher proportions of TB cases occur in foreign-born persons. Particularly during times of financial upheaval, efforts to eliminate TB must address social inequality.

Keywords

• Tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
• socioeconomic factors
• Europe
• European Union
• financial crisis
• bacteria