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Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Health ›› 2019, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (2): 142-145.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-3755.2019.02.014

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The global and national tuberculosis epidemic situation of children and schools

Jing YAO1,Xin SHEN2,Kai-kan GU1,Zhi-hong LI1,Zhi-ying HAN1,Huai-qing ZHANG1,Bing SHEN1()   

  1. 1. Department of Chronic Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Jingan District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200072,China
  • Received:2019-05-31 Online:2019-06-30 Published:2019-07-10

Abstract:

With the global attention on tuberculosis, the prevention and control of tuberculosis in children has also made great progress, but we still need to scale up the detection, diagnosis and treatment, so as to achieve the goal of “towards zero death for childhood tuberculosis” at an early date. This review discussed the global and domestic children’s tuberculosis epidemic situation and the incidence of tuberculosis among students, and analyzed the influencing factors of tuberculosis incidence in children and students, as well as the challenges we faced by the current prevention and control work.

Key words: Child, Students, Tuberculosis, Epidemiologic study characteristics (topic), School health services, Review