Epidemiological characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis in Anhui Province, Eastern China from 2013 to 2018

Qing-Qing Zhu, Qian Wu, Ai-Min Wang, Fang-Jin Bao, Yong-Zhong Zhang, Jie Liu, Jun-Wei Yan, Xue-Hui Fang, Ling Li, Ze-Kun Zhang, Rong Wang, Xun-Di Bao, Song Yao and Hai-Feng Pan

PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, issue 8, 1-11

Abstract: Objective: Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a severe infectious respiratory disease, the burden of which remains high in China. To provide scientific evidence for developing more targeted prevention and control strategies, this study aimed to determine the incidence trends and explore the epidemiological characteristics of pulmonary TB in Anhui Province, Eastern China between 2013 and 2018. Methods: The retrospective study analyzed information regarding pulmonary TB cases reported by the National Infectious Disease Reporting System and census data collected from the Anhui Provincial Bureau of Statistics. Results: Overall, 211,892 cases of TB patients were reported in Anhui Province, China between 2013 and 2018, with an average annual reported incidence rate of 57.7 per 100,000 persons. A significant decrease in the incidence rate of pulmonary TB (p

Date: 2020
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