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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2020, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 316-321.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2020.04.004

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Scientific preventive treatment to accelerate the process of tuberculosis control

LU Peng,CHENG Jun,LU Xi-wei,LIU Er-yong,ZHOU Lin(),LU Wei()   

  1. *Department of Chronic Communicable Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jiangsu Province,Nanjing 210009,China
  • Received:2020-01-06 Online:2020-04-10 Published:2020-04-07
  • Contact: Lin ZHOU,Wei LU E-mail:zhoulin@chinacdc.cn;weiluxx@163.com

Abstract:

World Health Organization (WHO) have set a grand goal of eliminating tuberculosis (TB) by 2035, however, it is unrealistic to achieve this only relying on the measure of early detection and cure TB patients. Measures such as cutting off transmission routes and protecting susceptible populations are particularly important. There are a large number of people in China who are potentially infected with TB, and it is impossible for all the people to receive the preventive treatment. WHO has recommended people to identify at-risk populations for latent tuberculosis infection testing and treatment, but considering China’s national conditions, WHO’s recommendations are not entirely applicable to China. Therefore, it is of great significance to identify high TB risk population scientifically among people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in our country and carry out preventive treatment.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Latent tuberculosis, Antibiotic prophylaxis, Population Surveillance, Intervention studies, Comment, Preventive therapy