Pulmonary Tuberculosis Incidence and Risk Factors in Rural Areas of China: A Cohort Study

Wei Chen; Wen Shu; Min Wang; Yongchun Hou; Yinyin Xia; Weiguo Xu; Liqiong Bai; Shaofa Nie; Shiming Cheng; Yihua Xu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058171

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Pulmonary Tuberculosis Incidence and Risk Factors in Rural Areas of China: A Cohort Study

Wei Chen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Wei Chen, Wen Shu

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Wen Shu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Wei Chen, Wen Shu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Min Wang,

Affiliation Medical Reform Office, Wuhan Health Bureau, Wuhan, China
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Yongchun Hou,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Yinyin Xia,

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Weiguo Xu,

Affiliation Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
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Liqiong Bai,

Affiliation TB Institute for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention of Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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Shaofa Nie,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Shiming Cheng ,

* E-mail: smcheng@chinatb.org (SC); xuyihua_6@hotmail.com (YX)

Affiliation National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Yihua Xu

* E-mail: smcheng@chinatb.org (SC); xuyihua_6@hotmail.com (YX)

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis Incidence and Risk Factors in Rural Areas of China: A Cohort Study

Wei Chen,
Wen Shu,
Min Wang,
Yongchun Hou,
Yinyin Xia,
Weiguo Xu,
Liqiong Bai,
Shaofa Nie,
Shiming Cheng,
Yihua Xu

Published: March 12, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058171

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