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[Evaluation of the level of endemic tuberculosis in a survey of Banqui (Central African Republic)].
- Source :
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Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial [Med Trop (Mars)] 1993 Apr-Jun; Vol. 53 (2), pp. 205-8. - Publication Year :
- 1993
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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.
- 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
Subjects
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