1. [Evaluation of the level of endemic tuberculosis in a survey of Banqui (Central African Republic)].
- Author
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Sarda J, Monges J, Pujol C, Ndoyo J, Samba M, Monges P, Merouze J, and Testa J
- Subjects
- Central African Republic epidemiology, Child, Cluster Analysis, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Sampling Studies, Schools, Tuberculin Test, Tuberculosis diagnosis, Tuberculosis microbiology, Tuberculosis prevention & control, Urban Health, Population Surveillance, Tuberculosis epidemiology
- Abstract
A cluster sample survey on tuberculosis has been carried out in Bangui in February 1988. The bimodal distribution of the diameters of IDR on children aged between 5 to 9, gives evidence of a circulation of some non typical mycobacteriae and enables to fix the limit of positivity at 14 mm. The prevalence rate of the tuberculotic infection is 7.9 +/- 1.7% in the surveyed children population at school. The annual risk of infection is evaluated at 1.09% that ranks the Centrafrican Republic in the countries with a low prevalence rate. more...
- Published
- 1993