Focus on global public health, screening for tuberculosis using colour-coded electronic health signs similar to that employed for screening coronavirus disease 2019 in China

[...]a well-designed TB screening strategy involving the government, medical institutions and society is difficult to realize. [...]the detection and diagnosis of TB is relatively insufficient in China. Finding a universal TB screening strategy is a top priority for TB control in China. Since the en...

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Published inJournal of translational medicine Vol. 21; no. 1; p. 114
Main Author Xu, Jian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BioMed Central Ltd 10.02.2023
BioMed Central
BMC
Subjects
Asymptomatic
China - epidemiology
Color
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease transmission
Humans
Infectious diseases
Letter to the Editor
Mass Screening
Public Health
SARS-CoV-2
Signs
Social interactions
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis - diagnosis
Tuberculosis - epidemiology
China
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Summary:[...]a well-designed TB screening strategy involving the government, medical institutions and society is difficult to realize. [...]the detection and diagnosis of TB is relatively insufficient in China. Finding a universal TB screening strategy is a top priority for TB control in China. Since the end of 2019, COVID-19 has caused profound economic and social disruption worldwide, and countries have adopted different prevention and control strategies.
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ISSN:1479-5876
1479-5876
DOI:10.1186/s12967-023-03975-1