| Epidemics of tuberculosis in Canada in the sixties. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 6021566 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
Data on 24 localized tuberculosis epidemics occurring in Canada from January 1960 to March 1965 have been analyzed. In a population of about 13,000 at some degree of risk 308 new cases of active tuberculosis occurred-an incidence of 2.3%. In individual outbreaks, however, the incidence was as high as 31%. Epidemics occurred under a wide variety of circumstances-in schools, homes, communities, an army camp and a hockey team. Detected source cases included parents, school teachers, a cook, a hired man and a "den mother".Because of the involvement of children, about four out of 10 new active cases were primary tuberculosis. Approximately two out of 10 were moderately or far advanced pulmonary cases. The findings suggest the need to reconsider BCG vaccination of the younger age group as a means of raising the level of herd immunity. |
| | |
Authors:
|
J W Davies |
Related Documents
:
|
22526976 - Depression and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents with velo-cardio-facial sy... 22506626 - The structure of diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th edition, te... 7585186 - The intrinsic transmission dynamics of tuberculosis epidemics. 10491456 - Interferon gamma for diagnosing tuberculous pleural effusions. 8376616 - Predictors of valproate response in bipolar rapid cycling. 6250236 - Change in the prevalence of active pulmonary tuberculosis discovered at autopsy in blac... |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Canadian Medical Association journal Volume: 96 ISSN: 0008-4409 ISO Abbreviation: Can Med Assoc J Publication Date: 1967 Apr |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 1967-05-31 Completed Date: 1967-05-31 Revised Date: 2010-06-22 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 0414110 Medline TA: Can Med Assoc J Country: CANADA |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 1156-60 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Adolescent Adult Canada Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Middle Aged Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology* |
| Comments/Corrections | |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Lung changes in woodworkers.
Next Document: Experimental pain in general practice.