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12661843

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-3-28
pubmed:abstractText
In the Cape Town suburbs of Ravensmead and Uitsig, tuberculosis has reached epidemic levels, with notifications of 1340/100,000 in 1996. These suburbs are characterised by overcrowding, high unemployment and poverty. It is traditionally believed that tuberculosis transmission takes place mainly in households after close contact with an infectious person. Studies have recently linked tuberculosis transmission to locations outside the household, and have associated these places with a particular high-risk lifestyle. Anthropological studies in some suburbs of Cape Town, in which a very high number of local drinking places (shebeens) were identified (17 per km2), have suggested that social drinking is part of such a lifestyle.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1027-3719
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
271-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Tuberculosis transmission patterns in a high-incidence area: a spatial analysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, Western Cape, South Africa.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't