title: [Improvement of detection of tuberculosis patients and role of anti-tuberculosis education].
abstract: More active education activity in a rural Azerbaidjan region on detection and prevention of tuberculosis led to a 2-3-fold increase in fluorographic examinations (3.7-fold for women). The examinations, in their turn, provided information on a 1-5-fold increase in tuberculosis incidence rate in the region under study. The number of cases identified at fluorography rose 3-fold, the percentage of women among new onsets made up 53.9%. The antituberculous hospital improved education activities among "contact" population which promoted much more active chemoprophylaxis and an 8-fold decrease in "contracts" among new-onset cases.
authors.forename: A k
authors.initials: Ak
authors.lastname: Mekhtiev
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D001382:Azerbaijan / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D012424:Rural Population; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014505:Urban Population