Is population ageing cancelling out progress made in tuberculosis control in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region SAR (China)? Age-adjusted analysis of case notification data, 1990-2015

Western Pac Surveill Response J. 2017 Feb 10;8(1):33-36. doi: 10.5365/WPSAR.2016.7.3.011. eCollection 2017 Jan-Mar.

Authors

Jun Li¹, Nobuyuki Nishikiori², Chi Chiu Leung³, Engkiong Yeoh¹, Puihong Chung¹

Affiliations

¹ JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
² World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines.
³ Tuberculosis and Chest Service, Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR, China.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Hong Kong / epidemiology
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Population Dynamics*
Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
Tuberculosis / prevention & control*
Young Adult

Grants and funding

001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International