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A total of 76.6% of 551 636 new entrants to primary schools were tested in 1991\u20131995; slightly fewer, 71.1% of 339 958, were tested in 1996- 1998. Among new entrants to secondary schools, 31.0% of 106 463 were tested in 1991\u20131995 and 51.4% of 53 762 were tested in 1996\u20131998. The proportion who were TST-positive continued to decrease after 1996 to 1.2% among primary and 9.7% among secondary schoolchildren in 1998. Older age and birth outside the United States were associated with TST positivity. The estimated minimum cost of continued testing in primary schools was $123 152 per tuberculosis case prevented.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusion. An approach aimed at reducing testing of children at low risk for latent tuberculosis infection did not decrease testing of younger children. More important, older children who were more likely to be born in countries of high tuberculosis incidence were not tested. Additional efforts are needed to increase awareness among medical and school personnel to decrease testing among children who do not have risk factors for latent tuberculosis infection and to increase tuberculin testing of children who are entering school for the first time at the secondary level and do have risk factors for tuberculosis infection.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.111.4.e309","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2004,8,14]],"date-time":"2004-08-14T00:43:47Z","timestamp":1092444227000},"page":"e309-e315","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Tuberculin Testing and Risk of Tuberculosis Infection Among New York City Schoolchildren"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"111","author":[{"given":"Celine R.","family":"Gounder","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Tuberculosis Control Program"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cynthia R.","family":"Driver","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tuberculosis Control Program"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jerod N.","family":"Scholten","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tuberculosis Control Program"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Huimin","family":"Shen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School Children and Adolescent Health Program, New York City Department of Health, New York, New York"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sonal S.","family":"Munsiff","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tuberculosis Control Program"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"417","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2003,4,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021121003271536900_R1","unstructured":"Institute of Medicine Report. 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