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Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Health ›› 2013, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (3): 202-205.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-3755.2013.03.015

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The main influencing factors affecting tuberculosis incidence

CHENG Jun*, LUO Ying-hui, ZHANG Can-you, ZHANG Hui   

  1. *National Center for Tuberculosis Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 102206, China
  • Received:2013-08-16 Online:2013-09-30 Published:2013-09-30
  • Contact: ZHANG Hui, Email: zhanghui@chinatb.org

Abstract: Based on results of published original article and systematic review, we summarize respectively the risk ratio and mechanism of main biological influencing factors and behavioral influencing factors including gender, age, genetic factor, HIV infection, diabetes mellitus, silicosis, cigarette smoking and alcoholism,and provide re-ference for further study on risk factors affecting tuberculosis incidence.