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[Evaluation of the level of endemic tuberculosis in a survey of Banqui (Central African Republic)].

Authors :
Sarda J
Monges J
Pujol C
Ndoyo J
Samba M
Monges P
Merouze J
Testa J
Source :
Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial [Med Trop (Mars)] 1993 Apr-Jun; Vol. 53 (2), pp. 205-8.
Publication Year :
1993

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.

Details

Language :
French
ISSN :
0025-682X
Volume :
53
Issue :
2
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
8412590