A5002656082- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
2021-2023
The Government of South Korea launched a national preemptive latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening program in 2016, including more than 1. 6 million population congregate settings. objective this study was to analyze LTBI prevalence and its risk factors each setting. Additionally, the proportion pool covered by current strategy investigated. Database for results interferon gamma release assay (IGRA), X-ray, baseline demographic information linked with National Health Information...
In 2017, the Korean government launched an unprecedentedly large-scaled latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening project which covered more than a million individuals in congregate settings. A total of 1,047,689 participants source population (n = 2,336,157) underwent LTBI testing from 2017 to 2018. The overall test uptake rate during this was 44.8%. Workers daycare centers (83.5%) and kindergartens (78.9%) showed high participation rate. 1,012,206 with valid results interferon-gamma...
Abstract Background This study aimed to investigate actual tuberculosis (TB) risk and uptake rates of latent infection (LTBI) screening among eight clinical groups specified in Korean guidelines. Proportions potentially preventable TB these were also calculated. Methods Findings Patients enrolled before January 1 st , 2018, classified into a prevalence cohort whereas those thereafter an incidence cohort. Both cohorts followed up until December 31 2020. Sex, age, calendar year-adjusted...