The impact of air pollution on active tuberculosis development from latent tuberculosis infection in rural China: 10-year follow-up of a cohort study
Long-term exposure to air pollutants increased the risk of active TB development from LTBI, highlighting the importance of air pollution control in LTBI management allowing for regional and demographic differences.
Authors
- Tao Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4557-8872)
- Fei Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6682-1712)
- Hongzhi Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8662-5145)
- Yuanzhi Di (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8543-0148)
- Lei Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9030-390X)
- Aiwu Ruth He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2104-0816)
- Zisen Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8086-0929)
- Zuhui Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0757-2768)
- Jiang Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9203-2450)
- Yaqi Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8230-5312)
- Jin Qi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4085-5041)
- Zihan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5950-0467)
- Tonglei Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1751-0790)
- Limei Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8676-3385)
- Jun Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0805-2425)
- Shumin Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1086-0516)
- Bin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6286-6227)
- Cheng Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4636-6433)
- Fang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3456-160X)
- Rong Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2561-348X)
- Jianguo Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2563-3384)
- Weitao Duan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0115-733X)
- Juanjuan Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0385-3263)
- Wei Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3533-6810)
- Yanchun Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3069-5660)
- Yijun He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0453-1477)
- Liqiong Bai
- Henan Xin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5008-0412)
- Lingyu Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9716-5481)
- Xuefang Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1633-4895)
- Jiaoxia Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8186-3361)
- Boxuan Feng
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- The Sixth People's Hospital of Zhengzhou (CN)
- Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ERJ Open Research
- Published
- 2025-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00390-2025
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China