1. [Economic expediency and medical efficiency of methods for active detection of tuberculosis].
- Author
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Karpov AV
- Subjects
- Antibodies, Bacterial analysis, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay economics, Humans, Incidence, Mass Screening methods, Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunology, Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation & purification, Radiography, Thoracic economics, Reproducibility of Results, Russia epidemiology, Tuberculin Test economics, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary epidemiology, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary prevention & control, Mass Screening economics, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary diagnosis
- Abstract
The data collected in the Novgorod region show a significant deterioration of the tuberculosis epidemiological situation. The economic and medical efficiencies of the current methods of active detection of tuberculosis are comparatively assessed. There is evidence for high effectiveness of enzyme immunoassay in detection of blood tuberculosis antibodies. A new concept of a differentiation system for of organization of goal-oriented prophylactic population surveys for tuberculosis.
- Published
- 2000