結核リスクに対する環境要因の体系的解析(Tackling tuberculosis systematically: How the environment shapes TB risk)

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2026-02-19 ミュンヘン大学(LMU)

ミュンヘン大学(LMU)の研究チームは、結核(TB)の感染リスクが個人要因だけでなく、住環境や社会経済条件などの環境要因に大きく左右されることを体系的に分析した。疫学データと地理情報、社会指標を統合し、都市部の人口密度、住宅状況、医療アクセス、貧困などが結核発症率と強く関連することを明らかにした。研究は、感染拡大の抑制には医療介入だけでなく、住環境改善や社会政策を含む包括的対策が不可欠であると指摘。公衆衛生戦略を環境・社会構造の観点から再設計する必要性を示した。

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結核発生環境 The tuberculogenic environment

Mikaela Coleman, PhD ∙ Claire J Calderwood, PhD ∙ Sian Magee, MSc ∙ Frank Underwood, MD ∙ Tenzin Kunor, MSc ∙ Collins Timire, PhD ∙ et al.
The Lancet Global Health  Published: March 2026
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00478-4

結核リスクに対する環境要因の体系的解析(Tackling tuberculosis systematically: How the environment shapes TB risk)

Summary

Tuberculosis persists as the world’s deadliest infectious disease, despite improved diagnostics and effective treatment. The tuberculogenic environment describes the sum of influences, vulnerabilities, policies, life conditions, and health factors that sustain the tuberculosis pandemic in vulnerable communities. The persistence of these environments is attributable to challenges upstream of the health system, involving sectors such as trade, taxation, finance, agriculture, employment, social services, and education. The availability, affordability, access, and acceptability of safe infrastructure (including housing), nutritious foods, protection against harmful consumption (tobacco, alcohol, sugar, etc), and adequately resourced health services are all linked to tuberculosis risk. Yet people affected by tuberculosis and national tuberculosis control programmes continue to bear almost the sole responsibility for a problem that is largely beyond their control. Reframing tuberculosis through the lens of complex systems science highlights the array of decision makers who, by action or inaction, have a shared responsibility to end tuberculosis as a global pandemic.

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