Prevalence of microscopy-positive tuberculosis among war displaced persons in the Bunia city (Case of the ISP/Bunia and Kigonze sites).

Tuberculosis is an infectious, contagious and endemic disease caused by a Mycobacterium tuberculosis and it is primarily transmitted human-to-human. It is first diagnosed by the presence of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in the patient's sputum. Crises, including armed conflict and population displacement, have often been associated with a risk of tuberculosis that can be twenty times higher than the norm. the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of microscopy-positive pulmonary tuberculosis among war displaced persons in Bunia city, in the north- east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.