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An analysis of the contact patterns perpetuating the transmission of tuberculosis in two high incidence communities in the Cape Town Metropolitan area

Magister Artium - MA (Anthropology/Sociology) / Biomedicine positively maintains that tuberculosis transmission occurs due to close
contact with a diseased individual (Coovadia and Benatar, 1991). Consequently, this
refers to a direct mode of transmission where individuals are at direct risk of
becoming infected.
It is often taken for granted that when one speaks of contact within the context of
tuberculosis, one is necessarily referring to contact or interactions among tuberculosis
patients and people in the community with whom they have contact of any nature. It
is then assumed that tuberculosis is transmitted in this manner. However, there are
also indirect modes of transmission which are often neglected to be explored, but
have an equally serious effect on transmission in high incidence areas. This paper
also addresses other contact patterns that are also role-players in the tuberculosis
epidemic.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/6488
Date January 1997
CreatorsClassen, Collette Natasha
ContributorsEllis, J.H.P
PublisherUniversity of the Western Cape
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
RightsUniversity of the Western Cape

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