[Study on geographic distribution of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis with trend-surface analysis]

Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 1995 Oct;16(5):274-6.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The Trend-surface Analysis method was used to study the geographic distribution of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis prevalence in China. The prevalence data used in this article was cited from Nation-wide Tuberculosis Surveys in 1979 and 1990. The results showed that smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis prevalence had obvious characteristics of geographic distribution and the characteristics had been changed within 11 years. In a word, the smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis prevalence distribution tallies with their quality of tuberculosis control.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • China / epidemiology
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Prevalence
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology