National tuberculin survey of Kenya, 1986-1990

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 272-280

  Bosman, M C J ^a   Swai, O B ^b   Kwamanga, D O ^b   Agwanda, R ^b   Idukitta, G ^c   Misljenovic, O ^d  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c Natl Leprosy/TB Contr Prog Kenya   (Kenya)

^d Intl TB Surveillance Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Annual risk of infection; Kenya; Trend; Tuberculin survey

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION RISK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031981919     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Haynes W S. Tuberculosis in Kenya. Br Med J 1951; 1: 67.
2. Roelsgaard F, Nyboe J. A tuberculosis survey in Kenya. Bull World Health Organ 1961; 25: 851-870.
3. WHO/UNICEF. Tuberculosis survey of Nairobi, 1958-1959. June 1959.
4. WHO/UNICEF. Tuberculosis survey of Kiambu, 1959. May 1960.
5. Kent P W. Tuberculosis. Health and Disease in Kenya. East African Literature Bureau 1974; 193-203.
6. East African/British Medical Research Councils. Tuberculosis in Kenya: a national sampling survey of drug resistance and other factors. Tubercle 1968; 49: 136-169.
7. East African/British Medical Research Councils. Tuberculosis in Kenya: a second national sampling survey of drug resistance and other factors and a comparison with the prevalence of the data from the first national sampling survey. Tubercle 1978; 59: 155-177.
8. Kenyan/British Medical Research Councils. Tuberculosis in Kenya 1984: a third national survey and a comparison with earlier surveys in 1964 and 1974. Tubercle 1989; 70: 5-20.
9. Paul R C, Stanford J L, Misljenovic O, Lefering J. Multiple skin testing of Kenyan schoolchildren with a series of new tuberculins. J Hyg Camb 1975; 75: 303-313.
10. Swai O B, Aluoch J A, Kamunvi F, Agwanda R, Kwamanga D. A national BCG scar survey in the estimation of BCG vaccination coverage in Kenya. East Afr Med J 1985; 62: 842-851.
11. Kok P W, Kwamanga D. Cluster sampling for immunisation coverage. Soc Science Med 1986; Vol 22 (7): 781-783.
12. Central Bureau of Statistics, Population projections for Kenya, 1980-2000. Kenya: Ministry of Planning and National Development 1980.
13. International Tuberculosis Surveillance Centre, 11th Progress Report to the TSRU Directing Committee of the ITSC. The Hague: ITSC June 1987: 37-46.
14. Bleiker M A. Study into the risk of tuberculous infection in the city of Delft (The Netherlands) in the period 1966-1985. The Hague: KNCV. Selected Papers 1987; Vol 23.
15. International Tuberculosis Surveillance Centre. 14th Progress Report. The Hague: ITSC 1992: 6-9.
16. Bleiker M A, Van Erpecum C P. Tuberculin sensitivity in Surinam: an investigation with sensitins prepared from atypical mycobacteria. The Hague: KNCV. Selected Papers. 19 Vol 9: 45-63.
17. Ljubisavljevic S, Vlajnic S, Bleiker M A, Grujic M, Kaleta J. Tuberculin sensitivity in a general population Serbia (Yugoslavia) 1969. The Hague: KNCV. Selected Papers 1973; Vol 15.
18. Bleiker M A. Progress Report No 2 on the co-operative inter-national study on the demographic and geographic distribution of low, medium and high grade tuberculin sensitivity. Bull Int Union Tuberc 1969; 42(2): 65-78.
19. Palmer C E, Edwards L B. Epidemiological studies of tuberculin sensitivity. Am J Hyg 1958; 68: 213.
20. Central Bureau of Statistics. Economic survey. Kenya: Ministry of Planning and National Development 1991: 30-35.
21. Styblo K, Meyer J, Sutherland I. The transmission of tubercle bacilli. Tuberculosis Surveillance Research Unit, Report No 1. Bull Int Union Tuberc 1969; 42: 5-104.
22. Styblo K. The relationship between the risk of tuberculous infection and the risk of developing infectious tuberculosis. Bull Int Union Tuberc 1985; 60 (3-4): 117-119.
23. International Tuberculosis Surveillance Centre. 15th Progress Report. The Hague: ITSC 1995: 83.
24. Roelsgaard E, Iversen E, Blocher C. Tuberculosis in tropical Africa. Bull World Health Organ 1964; 30: 459-518.
25. Styblo K. The first round of the National Tuberculin Survey in Tanzania, 1983-1987. TSRU Progress Report 1992. 1992; Vol 1: 127-164.
26. National AIDS Control Programme. AIDS in Kenya. Nairobi: NACP July 1994.
27. National Leprosy and Tuberculosis Programme. Annual Report. Kenya: NLTP 1991.