Tuberculosis in Australia

Howells, Gwyn

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1992.tb139737.x

Medical Journal of Australia

1992

DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1992.tb139737.x

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Tuberculosis in Australia — a forgotten disease

Gwyn Howells

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“…2 The ATBC was terminated in 1976. 3 By 1991, the incidence of TB nationally had further declined to 5.2/100000. 4 However, incidence figures from the period of the Campaign are not directly comparable with figures from the periods before and after the Campaign because the screening program resulted in increased detection of TB disease and improved notification.…”

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The prevalence of tuberculosis infection among Year 8 schoolchildren in inner Sydney in 1992

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Reznik

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Objective To determine the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) infection in Year 8 schoolchildren (aged 12‐14 years) in Sydney. Design Cross‐sectional survey. Setting 22 inner city Sydney secondary schools. Participants 2290 Year 8 school children enrolled in 1992. Outcome measures Distribution of Mantoux test reaction size and proportion of children who were Mantoux positive (i.e., having Mantoux reaction >15mm with previous Bacille Calmette‐Guérin vaccination; >10mm without). Results Of the 2290 children, 1836 (81%) were screened and 1801 Mantoux reactions were read. Ten per cent of children were Mantoux positive — 27% of foreign‐born children and 2% of Australian‐born children (relative risk 16.7, 95% confidence interval 10.6‐26.4). Two children were found to have active TB disease. Conclusion There is a high prevalence of primary (non‐contagious) TB infection in children aged 12‐14 years in inner Sydney, mostly confined to children born overseas. Thus there is a large pool of infected children at risk of developing active (contagious) adult‐type TB disease in the future. This public health problem should be addressed by identification and treatment of those infected.

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The prevalence of tuberculosis infection among Year 8 schoolchildren in inner Sydney in 1992

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Reznik

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Tuberculosis in Australia — a forgotten disease

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The prevalence of tuberculosis infection among Year 8 schoolchildren in inner Sydney in 1992

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