Prevalence of tuberculosis among veterans, military personnel and their families in East Azerbaijan Province violators of the last 15 years

Nowadays in the world, tuberculosis is the second largest killer of adults after HIV. Due to the
location of presidios that is mostly located in hazardous zones soldiers and army personnel are considered
high risk, therefore we decided to determine the prevalence of tuberculosis status in this group of people. This
was a cross-sectional descriptive research that studied the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in soldiers
and military personnel in the last 15 years in tuberculosis and lung disease research center at Tabriz
University of Medical Sciences. The statistical population consisted of all the soldiers and military personnel.
The detection method in this study was based on microscopic examination following Ziehl-Neelsen Stain and
in Leuven Stein Johnson culturing. Descriptive statistics was used for statistical analysis and statistical values
less than 0.05 were considered significant. By review information in this center since the 1988-2013 with 72
military personnel suffering from tuberculosis, it was revealed that among them 30 women, 42 men, 14
soldiers, 29 family members, and 29 military personnel are pointed. A significant correlation was found
between TB rates among military personnel and their families. Although in recent years, the national statistics
indicate a decline of tuberculosis, but the results of our study showed that TB is still a serious disease that
must comply with the first symptoms of tuberculosis in military personnel and their families that should be
diagnosed as soon as possible.