An overview on tuberculosis-specific hospitals in China in 2009: results of a national survey. Issue 5 (25th February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pang, Yu; Du, Jian; Qin, Zhi Zhen; Greenwald, Zoë; Liu, Yuhong; Mi, Fengling; Zhao, Yanlin; Li, Liang
• Is Part Of: European respiratory journal. Volume 47:Issue 5(2016)
• Page Start: 1584
• Page End: 1587
• Publication Date: 2016-02-25
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01854-2015
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0903-1936

Abstract

As of 2014, tuberculosis (TB) was the deadliest infectious disease worldwide and China has the third-highest TB burden [1]. In that year alone there were 826 155 new cases in China [1]. In addition, China has been experiencing a serious epidemic of drug-resistant TB [2, 3]. TB hospitals are critical for control of DR-TB, hence strengthened collaboration with public health systems is needed http://ow.ly/YnikY