title: Estimates of tuberculosis progression rate of children in China.
abstract: In this paper, a discrete mathematical model is formulated to describe tuberculosis (TB) progression from latent infection to active disease. The data of national TB epidemiology surveys in China are taken to estimate the TB progression rate for children aged 0-14 years. The progression rate obtained in this paper gives a detailed and better estimate of TB progression rate among children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Mathematics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, People's Republic of China. caohui0103@163.com
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Yicang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brauer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D018450:Disease Progression; D058872:Epidemics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008954:Models, Biological; D015995:Prevalence; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*