title: [Assessment of the epidemic hazard of a tuberculosis infection focus where children and adolescents live].
abstract: A mode and a procedure are proposed to assess the epidemic hazard of a tuberculous focus for infection in children and adolescents who have been in contact with tuberculosis patients on the basis of the introduced hazard index of risk factors. The most important risk factors were chosen and the hazards of risk factors calculated when analyzing the data of a follow-up of 158 children and adolescents who had been ill with tuberculosis and of 525 who had remained healthy. The same data were used to derive the reference values of the integrated focus hazard indicator. This procedure for assessing the epidemic hazard of a tuberculous focus is intended for pediatric phthisiatricians to solve the problems in the follow-up and adequate preventive chemotherapy of the children and adolescents in contact with tuberculosis patients. Its goal is to upgrade the quality of preventive treatment of the children and adolescents in contact with these patients, by taking into account the integrated assessment of the hazard of a tuberculous focus.
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Kasimtseva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission