Abstract:
The latest tuberculosis prevalence survey in Pakistan reveals infection rate of 54% among population, with 13% of infected children in age 5-9 years and the infection rate is 80% among population 20 years and above. In this survey 1. 6% persons aged 10 years and above showed X-ray shadows indicating possibly active tuberculosis and 31% revealed sputum smear positivity. Of these infected persons 5 to 10% run the risk of developing tuberculous disease in their life span. This position is no different in many of the developing countries. Thus nearly 1% to 1% of the adult population in developing countries is excreting tubercle bacilli and infecting millions of people as they are spread out in the entire population.
Page(s):
17-18
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Challenge, Volume: 29, Issue: 1--3, Year: 1988