[The epidemiologic significance of unrecognized lung tuberculosis in the present-day].
In consequence of the, for the most part, constant regression of tuberculous disease over the past decades, "Koch's disease" has largely been forgotten - in Bavaria too - both by the public and physicians. Also as a result of changes in the law governing epidemics in the Federal Republic, together with the elimination of state measures in accordance with the principle of "proportionality of means", the public at large has gained the impression that tuberculosis is now a disease of only individual significance that has no longer any epidemiological importance. However, the fact that, even today, "mini-epidemics" may be expected at any time, is illustrated by two "infection chains", which were detected, between 1985 and 1987, in two regions in Upper Bavaria, and which were found to have originated in taverns. Since the unknown figure in tuberculous disease would appear to be on the increase rather than on the decreases, those working in the food and restaurant sectors, in particular, should receive more attention from the authorities.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission
Die epidemiologische Bedeutung der unerkannten Lungentuberkulose in der Gegenwart.