Research Article: Association Between Exposure to Ozone (O) and the Short-Term Effect on Tuberculosis Outpatient Visits: A Time-Series Study in Cities of Anhui Province, China
Introduction:
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease which is mainly caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis . According to the Global Tuberculosis Reports, tuberculosis is still one of the most dangerous and the deadliest single infectious disease in the world. In , there were . million (/,) new TB patients worldwide. The estimated number of new TB cases in China in was , (, in ). With an estimated TB incidence of per , (/, in ), China is one of the countries with a high pressure of TB, ranking second in the world,…
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