Comments on: Fatal Infection

By: ёклмн

ёклмн — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:48:26 +0000

Отлично написано. А это все на основе личного опыта?Позвольте поинтересоваться :)

By: Dr Feelgood

Dr Feelgood — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:18:43 +0000

@Belshazzar “If the y-axis metric is survival time outside the body, shouldn’t the two HIV datapoints have the same y-value?”

That one threw me off too. Looks like the chart draws the circle ABOVE the data point, rather than centered on the point.

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By: Andrew Kandel

Andrew Kandel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:03:47 +0000

minor comment, but you might want to spell check “tuberculosis”

By: Chobr

Chobr — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:16:58 +0000

Should add that latent TB infection can reactivate years later and manifest as actual tuberculosis, which is why contact tracing, case-identification and treatment of even asymptomatic individuals is important.

By: Chobr

Chobr — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:14:44 +0000

Love the chart, as long as reasonable caveats taken when interpreting it. Specifically, the difficulties encountered in collecting accurate and comparable data on different diseases. As has been stated, many infections will never be formally diagnosed, seasonal flu being the prime example. Thus, the case fatality rates will either be abnormally high if based on known cases, or would have to be based on estimates and extrapolations on known data.

It has been estimated that approximately 1/3 of the world’s population has been infected with tuberculosis – by your figures with a case-fatality of almost 50%, that would consign about a billion people to a consumptive death. The discrepancy is in the distinction between TB infection (which in many people can lie ‘dormant’ in what is termed ‘Latent TB Infection’ and does not cause symptoms or kill people) and tuberculosis the disease, which is the clinical manifestation of rampant TB infection. It is the actual disease that has the high mortality. Lastly, ‘tuberculosis’ has been spelled wrongly on the charts!