Seasonal variations in notification of active tuberculosis cases in China, 2005-2012.

BACKGROUND: Although seasonal variation in tuberculosis (TB) incidence has been described in many countries, it remains unknown in China. METHODS: A time series decomposition analysis (X-12-ARIMA) was performed to examine the seasonal variation in active TB cases nationwide from 2005 through 2012 in...

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Main Authors: Xin-Xu Li, Li-Xia Wang, Hui Zhang, Xin Du, Shi-Wen Jiang, Tao Shen, Yan-Ping Zhang, Guang Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3707966?pdf=render