Die Tuberkulose-Infektionsraten in Stuttgart in den Jahren 1961 bis 1971 [The infection rate for tuberculosis in Stuttgart between 1961 and 1971]
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Intracutaneous tuberculin tests were performed on 475 schoolchildren aged 9 to 15 yr in 1965, and 1858 in 1971. An induration 10 mm in diameter was taken as the criterion of a tubercular infection. It was present in 2.11% of cases in 1965 and 0.81% in 1971. These results were used to estimate the yearly infection rate for tuberculosis. It demonstrates that the actual risk of tuberculosis infection in Stuttgart is very low at 0.03%. The reduction in the infection rate of tuberculosis over the years and with increasing age was 14.9%, corresponding to the conditions reported from The Netherlands.
Topics
childhooddiagnosisepidemiologyinfection ratelung tuberculosispreventiontuberculin testtuberculosisadolescentchildGerman Federal Republichealth surveyhumanNetherlandsschool health serviceAdolescentChildGermany, WestHumanNetherlandsPopulation SurveillanceSchool Health ServicesTuberculin TestTuberculosis, Pulmonary
TNO Identifier
227506
ISSN
00120472
Source
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 98(21), pp. 1066-1070.
Pages
1066-1070
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