The temporal trend of tuberculosis burden in an aging population in China: a secondary data analysis from the GBD 2019
The burden of TB remains considerable in the elderly population in China. More actions should be taken to improve case finding and the quality of TB healthcare for this high-risk population.
Authors
- Beibei Che (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3396-866X)
- Biao Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8695-7396)
- Xubin Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7365-1902)
- Yuge Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9756-3050)
- Bin Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3761-0465)
- Yinghong Lu
Institutions
- Fudan University (CN)
- National Health and Family Planning Commission (CN)
- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center (CN)
- Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital (CN)
- Zhejiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Shanghai Clinical Research Center (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pulmonary Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-024-03293-2
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.11
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China