Early Diagnosis as the Means of Tuberculosis Control

¹ The Students' Health Service, University of Minnesota.

The result of conducting a fundamental tuberculosis control program is a reduction in the incidence of this disease. In the past six months, in this "fair-sized community" of students, there have been found only about 20 new cases. The majority of these are at a very early stage and, for the most part, are now under treatment. Certainly, until there is a method developed that will insure true immunity to this disease, the use of the Mantoux test should be continued as it is the one diagnostic procedure which will tell those individuals who have been infected with tuberculosis and therefore need careful supervision.