Tuberculosis burden in China: a high prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in household contacts with and without symptoms
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Jia, Zhongwei
Cheng, Shiming
Ma, Yan
Zhang, Tianhao
Bai, Liqiong
Xu, Weiguo
He, Xiaoxin
Zhang, Peiru
Zhao, Jinkou
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Jia, Zhongwei, Shiming Cheng, Yan Ma, Tianhao Zhang, Liqiong Bai, Weiguo Xu, Xiaoxin He, Peiru Zhang, Jinkou Zhao, and David C Christiani. 2014. “Tuberculosis burden in China: a high prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in household contacts with and without symptoms.” BMC Infectious Diseases 14 (1): 64. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-14-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-64.Abstract
Background: In the context of decreasing tuberculosis prevalence in China, we examined the effectiveness of screening household contacts of tuberculosis patients. Methods: A tuberculosis survey was conducted in 2008. All 3,355 household contacts of notified tuberculosis cases were examined with a questionnaire interview, chest X-ray and three sputum smear tests. The effectiveness was examined by comparing the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in household contacts with or without presenting clinical symptoms against the respective notification rates. Regression models were used to evaluate the factors associated with pulmonary tuberculosis. Results: Of the 3,355 household contacts, 92 members (2.7%) had pulmonary tuberculosis, among which 46 cases were asymptomatic. The prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis and smear positive cases in household contacts without symptoms were 20 and 7 times higher than the notification rates in 2008, while those in household contacts with symptoms were 247 and 108 times higher than notification rates, respectively. The patients detected were mainly Index Cases’ spouses, sisters/brothers and those who were in contact with female Index Cases. Conclusions: The present study provides convincing evidence that household contacts of notified tuberculosis cases are at higher risk of developing tuberculosis. Routine screening for household contacts without any symptoms is recommended for sustained tuberculosis control in China as well as in the world.Other Sources
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