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Kodiak Mirror
Kodiak, Alaska
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The first tuberculin tests of school children since 1940 are being conducted in the local school by Public Health Nurse Marion Curtis and Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, using the Patch test. Positive reactions indicate exposure, requiring X-rays to confirm tuberculosis; up to 30% may test positive, but few will have the disease.
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The first tuberculin test of all school children since 1940 is currently being conducted in the local school in connection with school physicals and will continue through another week, Public Health Nurse Marion Curtis announced today.
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, local physician, is reading the tests, which are administered by Miss Curtis.
The test, called the Patch test, causes no discomfort, Miss Curtis said, and is removed 2 days after being administered and is then read on the 4th day.
If the student reacts "positive" to the test, it does not mean he has tuberculosis, but does indicate he has been exposed to it. To determine the number who actually have the disease it will be necessary for the parents to have the children with positive reactions X-rayed, the only means of determining the actual presence of tuberculosis.
Miss Curtis said the positive reactions to the Patch test may run as high as 30 per cent of the students, but that the percentage of those whom the X-rays will show have tuberculosis will be very small.
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positive reactions up to 30% of students indicate exposure; actual tuberculosis cases expected to be very small, requiring x-rays for confirmation.
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The first tuberculin test of all school children since 1940 is being conducted in the local school in connection with school physicals, administered by Public Health Nurse Marion Curtis and read by Dr. A. Holmes Johnson using the Patch test, which causes no discomfort and will continue through another week.