Effect of Diagnostic and Treatment Delay on the Risk of Tuberculosis Transmission in Shenzhen, China: An Observational Cohort Study, 1993–2010

Shiming Cheng; Wei Chen; Yingzhou Yang; Ping Chu; Xiaoli Liu; Meigui Zhao; Weiguo Tan; Li Xu; Qingfang Wu; Hongyun Guan; Jinhong Liu; Haitao Liu; Ray Y. Chen; Zhongwei Jia

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067516

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Effect of Diagnostic and Treatment Delay on the Risk of Tuberculosis Transmission in Shenzhen, China: An Observational Cohort Study, 1993–2010

Shiming Cheng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shiming Cheng, Wei Chen

Affiliation National Centre for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Wei Chen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shiming Cheng, Wei Chen

Affiliation National Centre for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Yingzhou Yang ,

* E-mail: szyyz@china.com (YY); urchinjj@163.com (ZJ)

Affiliation Shenzhen Chronic Disease Control Centre. Shenzhen, China
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Ping Chu,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children and National Key Discipline of Pediatrics, Ministry of Education, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Xiaoli Liu,

Affiliation Shenzhen Chronic Disease Control Centre. Shenzhen, China
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Meigui Zhao,

Affiliation Shenzhen Chronic Disease Control Centre. Shenzhen, China
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Weiguo Tan,

Affiliation Shenzhen Chronic Disease Control Centre. Shenzhen, China
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Li Xu,

Affiliation Shenzhen Chronic Disease Control Centre. Shenzhen, China
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Qingfang Wu,

Affiliation Shenzhen Chronic Disease Control Centre. Shenzhen, China
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Hongyun Guan,

Affiliation Shenzhen Chronic Disease Control Centre. Shenzhen, China
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Jinhong Liu,

Affiliation Shenzhen Chronic Disease Control Centre. Shenzhen, China
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Haitao Liu,

Affiliation Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention, Ministry of Health, Beijing, China
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Ray Y. Chen,

Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U.S. National Institutes of Health, based at the U.S. Embassy, Beijing, China
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Zhongwei Jia

* E-mail: szyyz@china.com (YY); urchinjj@163.com (ZJ)

Affiliations National Institute on Drug Dependence, Health Science Centre, Peking University, Beijing, China, Takemi Program in International Health, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Effect of Diagnostic and Treatment Delay on the Risk of Tuberculosis Transmission in Shenzhen, China: An Observational Cohort Study, 1993–2010

Shiming Cheng,
Wei Chen,
Yingzhou Yang,
Ping Chu,
Xiaoli Liu,
Meigui Zhao,
Weiguo Tan,
Li Xu,
Qingfang Wu,
Hongyun Guan

Published: June 27, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067516

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