https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/112277
標題: | TUBERCULIN REACTIVITY IN ADULTS AFTER 50 YEARS OF UNIVERSAL BACILLE CALMETTE–GU&EACUTERIN VACCINATION IN TAIWAN | 作者: | CHEN, TONY, HSIU-HSI SUO, JEN CHANG, SHU-HUI 陳秀熙 |
關鍵字: | Tuberculosis;Tuberculin skin test;BCG vaccine;RT23 tuberculin;Taiwan | 公開日期: | 2005 | 卷: | v.99 | 期: | n.7 | 起(迄)頁: | 509-516 | 來源出版物: | TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE | 摘要: | We aimed to assess whether tuberculin reactivity in adults is affected by bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccination after 50 years of universal BCG vaccination with 80–95% coverage. A community-based study on tuberculin reactivity in 619 participants was conducted in February 2000 in Keelung city, Taiwan. Information on BCG vaccination policies and annual risk of infection (ARI) in the underlying population was extracted from consecutive national prevalence surveys relating to the period 1952– 1997. Compared with the expected ARI estimate, the standardized morbidity ratio of positive tuberculin response for vaccination in infancy was 2.2 (95% CI 0.3–15.5) for those aged <10 years. The corresponding figures for older age groups ranged from 3.6 (95% CI 2.2–5.9) for those aged 10–12 years to 0.7 (95% CI 0.5–0.9) for those aged 57–67 years. This suggests that the effect of BCG vaccination on positive tuberculin response in adults aged >30 years is probably negligible irrespective of age at vaccination or revaccination and that the tuberculin skin test can be used to diagnose TB in control programmes in countries with moderate or high incidence of TB. |
URI: | http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/81689 |
顯示於: | 流行病學與預防醫學研究所 |
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