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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2020, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 436-441.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2020.05.005

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Current status and progress of surveillance and automated-alert for tuberculosis in school

CHENG Jun, LIU Jian-jun()   

  1. Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
  • Received:2020-02-17 Online:2020-05-10 Published:2020-05-08
  • Contact: LIU Jian-jun E-mail:liujj@chinacdc.cn

Abstract:

Tuberculosis (TB) control in school is always a key point in China, and active surveillance and timely alert are very important for response. This article described the epidemic and characteristic of TB in students, outlined the requirements for TB surveillance and automated-alert systems,analyzed the performance and effect of China Infectious Disease Automated-alert System implementing for TB control in school, and put suggestions for data usage.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Schools, Population surveillance, Alert, Comment