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Table 2 Mean percentage of correct answers in epidemiology and prevention

From: Knowledge and determinants regarding tuberculosis among medical students in Hunan, China: a cross-sectional study

Correct answers

Mean percentage (%)

BCG is a vaccine for TB

90.6

TB transmitted via airborne

89.7

Higher incidence and delay in diagnosis of TB related to disequalities, Socio-economic issues and low resources of native country

67.7

Prevalence of TB in India and China is highest

64.9

Health operators, immigrants, elderly, children, immunosuppressed patients are at more risk of TB

63.5

Masks are necessary for entering a room where an open TB patient stays

55.9

The current TB vaccine is live attenuated vaccine

52.2

Patients with both latent TB infection and HIV infection will increase the risk for developing active TB

44.8

TB vaccination in low prevalence populations is not useful in controlling the spread of TB

41.2

Isolate an open pulmonary TB patient using a negative pressure room

38.7

HIV is strongly related with the TB bacillus

37.7

The prevalence of TB in China is currently 60–70 cases per 100,000 people

28.9

Mycobacterium Avium Complex is the most frequent aetiologic agent of TB

6.4