[Prevalence of tuberculosis among children and adolescents in the Russian Federation: analysis of official statistics].

The paper provides the analysis of the prevalence rates of tuberculosis among children and adolescents in the Russian Federation, which has been made on the basis of the data available in official reporting forms Nos. 8, 33 (approved by the Resolution of the Russian Statistics Agency on November 11, 2005), and 47 (approved by Resolution No. 175 of the Russian Statistics Agency on September 10, 2002). Correlations between epidemiological indices have been calculated and assessed. The age-related features of the occurrence and course of tuberculosis have been studied among various age groups of children. It is concluded that in this situation in order to improve the epidemic situation among children and adolescents, emphasis should be primarily placed on the activation of intersectoral interaction of primary health care and tuberculosis service: to actively attract general practitioners, local pediatricians and therapists to prophylaxis in children.