{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"submitter":["Hu Z"],"funding":["Zhejiang Provincial Medical and Health Project","National-Zhejiang Health Commission Major S&amp;T Project"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Mass tuberculosis screening has been recommended in certain high-risk populations. However, population-based screening interventions have rarely been implemented. Whether mass screening improves health equity is unknown.<h4>Methods</h4>We implemented a mass tuberculosis screening intervention among elderly persons (>60 years old) in Lanxi county, China. Standardized questionnaires, physical examinations, and X-rays were administered to all participants. Systematic testing with computed tomography, smear, culture, or Xpert was performed among persons with an abnormal X-ray. We assessed tuberculosis prevalence per 100,000 persons and constructed multivariable regression models among subgroups that were and were not screened. Medical insurance was categorized as participati"],"journal":["Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America"],"pagination":["ciad438"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10654880"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Mass tuberculosis screening among the elderly: A population-based study in a well-confined rural county in eastern China."],"pmcid":["PMC10654880"],"pubmed_authors":["Zhou M","Zhou L","Liu K","Hu Z","Wu Q","Feng Y","Chen B","Li Y","Hu C","Martinez L","Horsburgh CR","Zhang Y","Jiang X","Wang W","Yu Z","Chen S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Mass tuberculosis screening among the elderly: A population-based study in a well-confined rural county in eastern China.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Mass tuberculosis screening has been recommended in certain high-risk populations. However, population-based screening interventions have rarely been implemented. Whether mass screening improves health equity is unknown.<h4>Methods</h4>We implemented a mass tuberculosis screening intervention among elderly persons (>60 years old) in Lanxi county, China. Standardized questionnaires, physical examinations, and X-rays were administered to all participants. Systematic testing with computed tomography, smear, culture, or Xpert was performed among persons with an abnormal X-ray. We assessed tuberculosis prevalence per 100,000 persons and constructed multivariable regression models among subgroups that were and were not screened. Medical insurance was categorized as participati","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Jul","modification":"2025-06-01T02:56:33.638Z","creation":"2025-06-01T02:56:33.638Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10654880","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37506258"],"doi":["10.1093/cid/ciad438"]}}