Can Fam Physician. 1982 Jan;28:67-74.
The incidence and mortality rates of tuberculosis among Indians living in the Sioux Lookout Zone in northwestern Ontario have declined over the past two decades. This 70-case series within the period 1975-1979 documents age-sex distribution, community distribution, sites of disease, signs and symptoms, bacteriologic status, X-ray findings, drug resistance and relapse rates, and effect of vaccination and chemoprophylaxis. Such information can also be used to evaluate the health care delivery system in general and the TB control program in particular. There are several policy implications in case-finding, treatment and prevention, especially in a setting such as the Sioux Lookout Zone, where both preventive and curative services are organized and delivered by the same agency.
在过去的二十年中，居住在安大略省西北部苏族湖地区的印第安人中，结核病的发病率和死亡率有所下降。本研究报告了 1975 年至 1979 年间的 70 例病例，记录了年龄性别分布、社区分布、发病部位、症状和体征、细菌学状态、X 线表现、耐药和复发率，以及疫苗接种和化学预防的效果。这些信息还可用于评估一般的医疗服务提供系统，特别是结核病控制方案。在发现病例、治疗和预防方面存在着一些政策影响，特别是在苏族湖地区这样的环境中，预防和治疗服务都是由同一机构组织和提供的。
