Control of Tuberculosis

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Abstract
IN spite of improved methods of detection and treatment, especially in the past fifteen to twenty years,1 , 2 the problem of tuberculosis in the United States has not improved as much as was hoped and expected. The trend of new case rates between 1953 and 1964, according to various age groups, is shown in Figure 1. These data from the United States Public Health Service emphasize the point that whereas the lowest incidence of new cases is still seen in the younger age groups, the rate of decline has been least in the group under fourteen; the data also indicate that tuberculosis . . .