Sex Difference in Tuberculosis in Afghanistan: A National Cohort Study

Wrishmeen Sabawoon^1* and Hajime Sato²

¹Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

²Department of Technology Assessment and Biostatistics, National Institute of Public Health, 2-3-6 Minami, Wako, Saitama 351-0197, Japan

^*Corresponding Author: Wrishmeen Sabawoon, Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, Tel: +81-(0)80-3381-3130; +81-(0)3-5841-3492, Fax: +81- (0)3-3816-4751 Email: ,

Keywords: Sex difference; Incidence rate; Smear-positive; Tuberculosis; Afghanistan

Introduction