[Evaluation of the level of endemic tuberculosis in a survey of Banqui (Central African Republic)].
A cluster sample survey on tuberculosis has been carried out in Bangui in February 1988. The bimodal distribution of the diameters of IDR on children aged between 5 to 9, gives evidence of a circulation of some non typical mycobacteriae and enables to fix the limit of positivity at 14 mm. The prevalence rate of the tuberculotic infection is 7.9 +/- 1.7% in the surveyed children population at school. The annual risk of infection is evaluated at 1.09% that ranks the Centrafrican Republic in the countries with a low prevalence rate.
Sarda
J
J
Santé Publique et des Affaires Sociales, Bangui.
Monges
J
J
Pujol
C
C
Ndoyo
J
J
Samba
M
M
Monges
P
P
Merouze
J
J
Testa
J
J
D002488:Central African Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012574:Schools; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014504:Urban Health