title: [Symptomatic survey on pulmonary tuberculosis in Shanghai rural areas].
abstract: A study on the discovery of pulmonary tuberculous patients in 72 villages 312,092 population in 9 counties of Shanghai rural areas by symptomatic survey was reported. The survey showed that only 8.21% of the population (25631 cases) had suspected TB symptoms, the discovery rate of > 45 age-group was still around 10%, 233 cases of active PUL TB were discovered after all the suspected subjects were examined, and 71 cases of sputum (+) were identified. For the > 60 age-group the discovery rate of active PUL TB was 64.8% (151/233) and the sputum (+) cases was 66.2% (47/71).
authors.affiliation: Shanghai TB Control Center.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008400:Mass Chest X-Ray; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control