Open AccessPrevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Healthy Young Children and Adolescents and a Two-step Approach for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection in Chengdu, China
Author(s) -
Jihang Jia,
Dapeng Chen,
Li Liu,
Mohd Jaish Siddiqui,
Fan Yang,
Yu Zhu,
Qiong Liao,
Shuanghong Luo,
Min Su,
Yang Wen,
Li Gao,
Xu Li,
Lilin Long,
Xiaoshan Peng,
Weiran Li,
Yang Liu,
Wanting Xu,
Qiang Han,
Hui Wu,
Jiarong Guo,
Xi Du,
Qin Guo,
Chaomin Wan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000003338
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculin , tuberculosis , latent tuberculosis , pediatrics , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology
China has a high burden of tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of LTBI among healthy young children and adolescents and test a 2-step approach to explore the threshold for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in Chengdu, China.