Prevalence and Determinants of Tube rculousis Infection in Children in Bale Region
| dc.contributor.advisor | Pickering, Joyce (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ibrahim, Adem | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-21T07:15:51Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T14:40:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-04-21T07:15:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T14:40:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1989-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The determination ot t~e prevel ence of tuberculosis infection within age groups and the relation of lnfection to factors unde r study, i,e., previous BeG vaccination, raw milk consumption, and intimate exposure to cattle were evaluated in a cross-sectlcnal community-based tuberculin skin test survey, and case-control analysis of the relation of infection to the factors under study 1n Mendeyo Awraja, Bale region (south-east Ethiopia), in chi ldren 5 months to 15 years ot age. A ~urvey cons i st i ng of an interviev/, examination of BeG scar on the right shoulder, and tuberculin skin testing and reading was conductea on 1892 children, 1dentified by systematic household survey from ten randomly selected peasant Vl I lages in Mendeyo Awraja. Out of the total 1892 children surveyed 1002 (53%) were males and 890 (47%) were females. 1028 (54.3%) had a BeG scar and 864 (45.7%) had no BeG scar; the prevalence of tuberculosis infection in these groups was 11 . 8% and 15.3% respect i ve 1 y . The overall .prevalence of tubercu los is infection was 13.4%. The mean age of the surveyed children was 6 years. Prevalence of infection was lew in infants and children under 5 years of age and increases with age, being high in 12 to 15 years old. There was a significant association between infection and previous non-BeG vaccination, and intimate exposure to cattle, as determined by chi square statistics (p < . 05 ) . There was no slgnificant association between infection and ra\'~ CO';J'S milk consumption (p > .05).The avera!(e alm":1-l risK of illt'ection as calcuLlted from the r esults of' the study in non-vaccinated ch~laren "'as 2.73%. InCidence of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases Has calculated to be about 337 cases per 290) 000 population (the set tIed awraja) s population). The study has enabled us to determine the annual risk of infection and incidence of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases in the community (awraja). | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/31505 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Prevalence | en_US |
| dc.subject | Determinants | en_US |
| dc.title | Prevalence and Determinants of Tube rculousis Infection in Children in Bale Region | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |