title: An opposing view on including high school students in a latent tuberculosis infection control program in Korea.
abstract: The Korea Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (KCDC) has announced a control program against latentMycobacterium tuberculosisinfection (LTBI), for a "TB-safe country" this year with the goal of a "TB-free Korea" by 2025. The program includes high school students as one target group; however, some school health teachers and parents have expressed their opposition to this. The 2015 World Health Organization guidelines do not recommend inclusion of asymptomatic high school students in LTBI control programs. Based on this guideline, the KCDC should consider excluding this population from the program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Jeju National University Scool of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
authors.forename: Jong-Myon
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3080-7852
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bae
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055985:Latent Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013334:Students; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: Antitubercular agents; Disease management; Latent tuberculosis; Practice guidelines as topic; Risk assessment