title: [Tuberculosis control among children and adolescents: present-day status].
abstract: In recent years, there has been a rise in tuberculosis morbidity among children and adolescents in Russia. Society's social problems which contribute to the accumulation of an uncontrolled infection reservoir that is unknown to the antituberculous service system. The reservoir is formed primarily among children and adolescents who are brought up in socially disadapted, migrants' refugees, or homeless families, among delinquent children and adolescents. The existing complex of antituberculosis measures is under way only among permanent residents. In this connection, antituberculous measures in the above risk groups are to be improved. Some specific proposals are given in the paper.
authors.affiliation: Central Scientific Institute of Tuberculosis RAMN, Moscow.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Ovsiankina
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000639:trends*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017053:Infection Control / Q000639:trends*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009017:Morbidity; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D001500:BCG Vaccine