MICROEPIDEMICS OF TUBERCULOSIS - THE STONE-IN-THE-POND PRINCIPLE

被引：142

作者：

VEEN, J

机构：

[1] Royal Netherlands Tuberculosis Association, The Hague

来源：

TUBERCLE AND LUNG DISEASE | 1992年 / 73卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1016/0962-8479(92)90058-R

中图分类号：

R56 [呼吸系及胸部疾病];

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摘要：

In a low prevalence country with no systematic BCG vaccination and a low frequency of environmental mycobacterial infections, for each recognized case of tuberculosis or infection with M. tuberculosis source detection should be undertaken. Sometimes this search will lead to the discovery of a microepidemic. The extent of contact screening in a microepidemic can easily be determined if observed group prevalences are compared to expected group prevalences. The described method illustrates this search for contacts in concentric circles around the source case: the stone-in-the-pond principle.

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页码：73 / 76

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