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Tuberculosis prevalence in China, 1990–2010; a longitudinal analysis of national survey data
Lixia Wang,Hui Zhang,Yunzhou Ruan,Daniel P. Chin,Yinyin Xia,Shiming Cheng,Mingting Chen,Yanlin Zhao,Shiwen Jiang,Xin Du,Guangxue He,Jun Li,Shengfen Wang,Wei Chen,Caihong Xu,Fei Huang,Xiaoqiu Liu,Yu Wang +17 more
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Marked improvement in tuberculosis treatment, driven by a major shift in treatment from hospitals to the public health centres (that implemented the DOTS strategy) was largely responsible for this epidemiological effect.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2014-06-14. It has received 407 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Tuberculosis & Population.read more
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Incipient and Subclinical Tuberculosis: a Clinical Review of Early Stages and Progression of Infection.
Paul K. Drain,Kristina L. Bajema,David W. Dowdy,Keertan Dheda,Kogieleum Naidoo,Samuel G Schumacher,Shuyi Ma,Shuyi Ma,Erin W. Meermeier,David M. Lewinsohn,David R. Sherman,David R. Sherman +11 more
TL;DR: Current understanding of the pathogenesis, immunology, clinical epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of both incipient and subclinical TB, two emerging clinical states of an ancient bacterium are reviewed.
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Sex Differences in Tuberculosis Burden and Notifications in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Katherine C. Horton,Peter MacPherson,Rein M G J Houben,Richard G. White,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Elizabeth L. Corbett +5 more
TL;DR: TB prevalence is significantly higher among men than women in low- and middle-income countries, with strong evidence that men are disadvantaged in seeking and/or accessing TB care in many settings.
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Building a tuberculosis-free world: The Lancet Commission on tuberculosis
Michael J. A. Reid,Nimalan Arinaminpathy,Amy Bloom,Barry R. Bloom,Catharina Boehme,Richard E. Chaisson,Daniel P. Chin,Gavin J. Churchyard,Helen Cox,Lucica Ditiu,Mark Dybul,Jeremy Farrar,Anthony S. Fauci,Endalkachew Fekadu,Paula I Fujiwara,Timothy B. Hallett,Christy L Hanson,Mark Harrington,Nick Herbert,Philip C. Hopewell,Chieko Ikeda,Dean T. Jamison,Aamir J. Khan,Irene Koek,Nalini Krishnan,Aaron Motsoaledi,Madhukar Pai,Mario C. Raviglione,Mario C. Raviglione,Almaz Sharman,Small Pm,Soumya Swaminathan,Zelalem Temesgen,Anna Vassall,Anna Vassall,Nandita. Venkatesan,Kitty van Weezenbeek,Gavin Yamey,Bruce D. Agins,Sofia Alexandru,Jason R. Andrews,Naomi Beyeler,Stela Bivol,Grania Brigden,Adithya Cattamanchi,Danielle Cazabon,Valeriu Crudu,Amrita Daftary,Puneet Dewan,Laurie K Doepel,Robert W Eisinger,Victoria Y. Fan,Victoria Y. Fan,Sara Fewer,Jennifer Furin,Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert,Gabriela B. Gomez,Stephen M. Graham,Stephen M. Graham,Stephen M. Graham,Devesh Gupta,Maureen Kamene,Sunil D. Khaparde,Eunice W Mailu,Enos Masini,Lorrie McHugh,Ellen M. H. Mitchell,Suerie Moon,Suerie Moon,Michael Osberg,Tripti Pande,Lea Prince,Kirankumar Rade,Raghuram Rao,Michelle Remme,James A Seddon,James A Seddon,Casey Selwyn,Priya B. Shete,Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva,Guy Stallworthy,Juan F. Vesga,Valentina Vilc,Eric Goosby +83 more
TL;DR: The Commission recommends five priority investments to achieve a tuberculosis-free world within a generation, which answer the question of how countries with high-burden tuberculosis and their development partners should target their future investments.
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Latent tuberculosis infection in rural China: baseline results of a population-based, multicentre, prospective cohort study
Lei Gao,Wei Lu,Liqiong Bai,Xinhua Wang,Jinsheng Xu,Antonino Catanzaro,Vicky Cárdenas,Xiangwei Li,Yu Yang,Jiang Du,Hongtao Sui,Yinyin Xia,Mufei Li,Boxuan Feng,Zhen Li,Henan Xin,Rong Zhao,Jianmin Liu,Shouguo Pan,Fei Shen,Jian He,Shumin Yang,Hongyan Si,Yi Wang,Zuhui Xu,Yunhong Tan,Tianzhu Chen,Weiguo Xu,Hong Peng,Zhijian Wang,Tao Zhu,Feng Zhou,Haiying Liu,Yanlin Zhao,Shiming Cheng,Qi Jin +35 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that the prevalence of latent tuberculosis in China might be overestimated by skin tests compared with interferon-γ release assays.
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Effectiveness of Electronic Reminders to Improve Medication Adherence in Tuberculosis Patients: A Cluster-Randomised Trial.
Xiaoqiu Liu,James J. Lewis,Hui Zhang,Wei Lu,Shun Zhang,Guilan Zheng,Liqiong Bai,Jun Li,Xue Li,Hongguang Chen,Mingming Liu,Rong Chen,Junying Chi,Jian Lu,Shitong Huan,Shiming Cheng,Lixia Wang,Shiwen Jiang,Daniel P. Chin,Katherine Fielding +19 more
TL;DR: This study is the first to know to utilise a randomised trial design to demonstrate the effectiveness of a medication monitor to improve medication adherence in TB patients, but text messaging reminders did not.
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