Community-based active-case finding for tuberculosis: navigating a complex minefield

P MacPherson, K Shanaube, MD Phiri… - BMC global and public …, 2024 - Springer
Community-based active case finding (ACF) for tuberculosis (TB) involves an offer of
screening to populations at risk of TB, oftentimes with additional health promotion …

Association between averaged meteorological factors and tuberculosis risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis

T Qin, Y Hao, Y Wu, X Chen, S Zhang, M Wang… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Inconsistencies were discovered in the findings regarding the effects of meteorological
factors on tuberculosis (TB). This study conducted a systematic review of published studies …

Application of ARIMA, and hybrid ARIMA Models in predicting and forecasting tuberculosis incidences among children in Homa Bay and Turkana Counties, Kenya

S Siamba, A Otieno, J Koech - PLOS digital health, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Tuberculosis (TB) infections among children (below 15 years) is a growing concern,
particularly in resource-limited settings. However, the TB burden among children is relatively …

Machine Learning Prediction Model of Tuberculosis Incidence Based on Meteorological Factors and Air Pollutants

N Tang, M Yuan, Z Chen, J Ma, R Sun, Y Yang… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a public health problem worldwide, and the influence of
meteorological and air pollutants on the incidence of tuberculosis have been attracting …

Effects of meteorological factors on tuberculosis and potential modifiers in Zhejiang Province, China

Q Wu, W Wang, K Liu, Y Zhang, B Chen, SH Chen - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Although some studies have explored the role of meteorological factors in the development
of tuberculosis (TB), the majority have been confined to single regions, leading to …

Study on the associations between meteorological factors and the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in **njiang, China

C Gao, Y Wang, Z Hu, H Jiao, L Wang - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) has been a major threat to global public health. The
association between meteorological factors and the incidence of PTB has been widely …

The effects of meteorological factors and air pollutants on the incidence of tuberculosis in people living with HIV/AIDS in subtropical Guangxi, China

F Wang, Z Yuan, S Qin, F Qin, J Zhang, C Mo, Y Kang… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Previous studies have shown the association between tuberculosis (TB) and
meteorological factors/air pollutants. However, little information is available for people living …

Bifurcation analysis of a model of tuberculosis epidemic with treatment of wider population suggesting a possible role in the seasonality of this disease

MS Abdelouahab, A Arama, R Lozi - Chaos: An Interdisciplinary …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, a novel epidemiological model describing the evolution of tuberculosis in a
human population is proposed. This model is of the form SEIR⁠, where S stands for …

Spatial and temporal analysis and forecasting of TB reported incidence in western China

D Zhao, H Zhang, X Wu, L Zhang, S Li, S He - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Objective Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health concern in western China.
This study aimed to explore and analyze the spatial and temporal distribution characteristics …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of Tuberculosis Epidemiological Distribution Characteristics in Fujian Province, China, 2005-2021: Spatial-Temporal Analysis Study

S Yu, M Zhan, K Li, Q Chen, Q Liu… - JMIR Public Health …, 2024 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease that harms human health for a
long time. TB epidemiological distribution analysis can help governments to control TB in …