Tuberculosis
Research from Stellenbosch University provides new data on tuberculosis in children
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 10th, 2009
Current study results from the report, 'No decrease in annual risk of tuberculosis infection in endemic area in Cape Town, South Africa,' have been published. "To estimate the change in annual risk of tuberculosis infection (ARTI) in two neighbouring urban communities of Cape Town, South Africa with an HIV prevalence of approximately 2%, and to compare ARTI with notification rates and treatment outcomes in the tuberculosis (TB) programme. In 1998-1999 and 2005, tuberculin skin test surveys were conducted to measure the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and to calculate the ARTI," scientists writing in the journal Tropical Medicine & International Health...
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