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dc.contributor.authorMunim, A.
dc.contributor.authorRajab, Y.
dc.contributor.authorBarker, A.
dc.contributor.authorDaniel, M.
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, B.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-17T08:21:28Z
dc.date.available2014-06-17T08:21:28Z
dc.date.issued2008EN
dc.identifier.issn1020-3397EN
dc.identifier.otherhttp://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/1403/14_3_2008_0518_0530.pdfEN
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.who.int/handle/10665/117463
dc.description518-530EN
dc.description.abstractTo estimate the annual risk of tuberculosis [‎TB]‎ infection [‎ARTI]‎ in Somalia a tuberculin survey was conducted in February/March 2006. Stratified cluster sampling was carried out within the 18 regions and 101 randomly selected primary schools. Tuberculin testing was done in 10 680 grade 1 schoolchildren. Transverse tuberculin reaction size was measured 72 hours later. The number of children with a satisfactory test read was 10 364. The overall BCG coverage was 54%. Based on frequency distribution of tuberculin reaction sizes, the ARTI in Somalia was estimated at 2.2% [‎confidence interval: 1.5%-3.2%]‎. There was an annual decline of 2.6% comparing with a previous study in 1956EN
dc.language.isoenEN
dc.subjectTuberculosisEN
dc.subjectHealth SurveysEN
dc.subjectTuberculin TestEN
dc.subjectAge FactorsEN
dc.subjectBCG VaccineEN
dc.subjectRisk FactorsEN
dc.subject.meshMycobacterium tuberculosisEN
dc.titleRisk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in Somalia: national tuberculin survey 2006EN
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 14 (‎3)‎, 518-530, 2008


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