Diabetes and pulmonary tuberculosis: a global overview with special focus on the situation in Asian countries with high TB-DM burden

Background: The double burden of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) is hitting certain Asian countries harder than other areas. In a global estimate, 15% of all TB cases could be attributable to DM, with 40% of those cases coming from India and China. Many other countries of South, East, a...

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Published in:	Global Health Action
Main Authors:	Chunlan Zheng, Minhui Hu, Feng Gao
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Subjects:	asia bi-directional screening diabetes–tuberculosis prevalence treatment challenges tuberculosis susceptibility
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2016.1264702