Childhood Tuberculosis: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Vaccination
| Autor: | Kow-Tong Chen, Ming-Hsin Mai, Kou-Huang Chen, Shun-Tien Chien, Kwo-Liang Chen, Kuo-Sheng Tsai, Hsiao-Ling Chang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics Tuberculosis Taiwan Disease Epidemiology medicine Humans Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Child Tuberculosis Vaccines Intensive care medicine childhood Childhood tuberculosis Tuberculin Test Transmission (medicine) business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Public health Vaccination lcsh:RJ1-570 lcsh:Pediatrics Mycobacterium tuberculosis medicine.disease tuberculosis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health incidence Radiography Thoracic business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatrics and Neonatology, Vol 54, Iss 5, Pp 295-302 (2013) |
| ISSN: | 1875-9572 |
| Popis: | Despite the existence of a government-run tuberculosis (TB) control program, the current nationwide burden of TB continues to be a public health problem in Taiwan. Intense current and previous efforts into diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive interventions have focused on TB in adults, but childhood TB has been relatively neglected. Children are particularly vulnerable to severe disease and death following infection, and children with latent infections become reservoirs for future transmission following disease reactivation in adulthood, thus fueling future epidemics. Additional research, understanding, and prevention of childhood TB are urgently needed. This review assesses the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and relevant principles of TB vaccine development and presents efficacy data for the currently licensed vaccines. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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