Seasonality of tuberculosis in intermediate endemicity setting dominated by reactivation diseases in Hong Kong

Abstract Summer-spring predominance of tuberculosis (TB) has been widely reported. The relative contributions of exogenous recent infection versus endogenous reactivation to such seasonality remains poorly understood. Monthly TB notifications data between 2005 and 2017 in Hong Kong involving 64,386...

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Main Authors: Leonia Hiu Wan Lau, Ngai Sze Wong, Chi Chiu Leung, Chi Kuen Chan, Alexis K. H. Lau, Linwei Tian, Shui Shan Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99651-9