Rising challenge of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in China: a predictive study using Markov modeling

• Main Authors: Bing-Ying Li (Author), Wen-Pei Shi (Author), Chang-Ming Zhou (Author), Qi Zhao (Author), Vinod K Diwan (Author), Xu-Bin Zheng (Author), Yang Li (Author), Sven Hoffner (Author), Biao Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is on the rise in China. This study used a dynamic Markov model to predict the longitudinal trends of MDR-TB in China by 2050 and to assess the effects of alternative control measures. Methods Eight states of tuberculosis transmission wer...