| Abstract: | The trend in tuberculosis morbidity and characteristics of its clinical picture in the Orenburg Region within 1980-1987 were studied. During the 7-year period, there was a decrease in the disease morbidity by 21 per cent in the Region at large and by 10 per cent in the rural areas. A decrease in the proportion of destructive and extended tuberculosis was revealed. The incidence of tuberculosis in the rural population remained high. In the cattle breeders it was 3 times higher than the average figure for the Region. The real level of cattle affection with tuberculosis by the slaughter data amounted to 26 per cent and was by 64 per cent higher than the tuberculin diagnosis data of the veterinary departments. Direct average correlation between the levels of tuberculosis incidence in the cattle and cattle breeders was shown. A high incidence of tuberculosis was stated in urban industrial workers and especially in gas industry workers. In the latter, productive forms of tuberculosis coupled with increased tuberculin sensitivity were mainly diagnosed. Despite the downward trend in the morbidity of tuberculosis in children and adolescents, their contamination remained high. Single cases of tuberculous meningitis and generalized affections were recorded. |
