Open AccessOn the possibility of local outbreaks of tuberculosis during the endemic period
Author(s) -
Ludmila Ivanova,
L. S. Kozlenko,
И. Л. Волчкова
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj85436
Subject(s) - outbreak , tuberculosis , period (music) , immunity , medicine , disease , endemic diseases , immunology , virology , immune system , pathology , physics , acoustics
Of the group of children who had been in contact with an unknown source of tuberculosis infection for no more than 6 months, 35.1% were infected and 9.4% of children became ill with intra-thoracic tuberculosis. This situation is interpreted as a local outbreak of the disease during the endemic period of tuberculosis caused by an unknown source of infection in children with reduced specific immunity.