Risk of active tuberculosis among schoolchildren in Hong Kong

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Chi Chiu LeungMaria Leung

Abstract

To estimate the risk of active tuberculosis (TB) and its implication on preventive treatment among BCG-vaccinated schoolchildren. Cohort and case-control designs. Community settings in a high-prevalence area. Children in primary school. The main exposure was their tuberculin response. Of 94,928 primary schoolchildren tuberculin tested during a routine school revaccination program in 1999, 656 with a tuberculin response at 20 mm or more were followed up prospectively through the territory-wide TB registry up to December 31, 2003, for the development of TB. In a separate case-control analysis, the tuberculin responses of children who subsequently had active TB (at the age of 10-15 years) were compared with those of their sex- and age-matched classmates to ascertain the relative risks of TB for different tuberculin reaction categories. The absolute and relative risks were applied to the 1999 cohort for estimating the incidence of TB among different tuberculin reactors. The annual incidence (95% confidence interval) of active TB was estimated to be 13.4 (5.6-40.6) per 100,000 for the entire cohort and 7.5 (2.4-24.5), 7.5 (1.7-32.0), 16.0 (4.4-57.2), 92.6 (26.6-320.2), and 340.6 (163.3-626.4) per 100,000 for children with a tubercul...Continue Reading

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