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  • Title: [Symptomatic survey on pulmonary tuberculosis in Shanghai rural areas].
    Author: Peng J.
    Journal: Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi; 1993 Feb; 16(2):83-4, 123. PubMed ID: 8221957.
    Abstract:
    A study on the discovery of pulmonary tuberculous patients in 72 villages 312,092 population in 9 counties of Shanghai rural areas by symptomatic survey was reported. The survey showed that only 8.21% of the population (25631 cases) had suspected TB symptoms, the discovery rate of > 45 age-group was still around 10%, 233 cases of active PUL TB were discovered after all the suspected subjects were examined, and 71 cases of sputum (+) were identified. For the > 60 age-group the discovery rate of active PUL TB was 64.8% (151/233) and the sputum (+) cases was 66.2% (47/71).
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