The positive externalities of migrant-based TB control strategy in a Chinese urban population with internal migration: a transmission-dynamic modeling study

The positive externalities of migrant-based TB control strategy in a Chinese urban population with internal migration: a transmission-dynamic modeling study

Abstract Background Large-scale rural-to-urban migration has changed the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in large Chinese cities. We estimated the contribution of TB importation, reactivation of latent infection, and local transmission to new TB cases in Shanghai, and compared the potential impact...

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Main Authors: Chongguang Yang, Jian Kang, Liping Lu, Xiaoqin Guo, Xin Shen, Ted Cohen, Nicolas A. Menzies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Internal migration
Transmission-dynamic modeling
China
Public health policy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-01968-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-01968-9

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