ArticleBMC infectious diseases2024
Associations between air pollutants and acute exacerbation of drug-resistant tuberculosis: evidence from a prospective cohort study.
Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Environmental Determinants of Tuberculosis in Low-Resource Settings: Heavy Metals, Healthcare Waste Management, and Drug-Resistant TB.Biological trace element research · 2026Review
- Network toxicology and multi-omics identify potential interactions between between air pollutants and interferon-related signaling in tuberculosis.Molecular biology reports · 2026Article
- Artificial intelligence in respiratory medicine: From diagnosis to treatment and future directions.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2026Review
- Short- and long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and greenness in relation to pulmonary tuberculosis incidence.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Predictive modelling of air pollution affecting human tuberculosis risk on Mainland China.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Predicting Tuberculosis Risk in Cattle, Buffaloes, Sheep, and Goats in China Based on Air Pollutants and Meteorological Factors.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundShort-term exposure to air pollution may trigger symptoms of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) through stimulating lung tissue, damaging tracheobronchial mucosa, the key anti-mycobacterium T cell immune function, and production and release of inflammatory cytokines.
objectiveTo investigate the association between acute exacerbations of DR-TB and short-term residential exposure to air pollutants (PM
methodPatients were derived from a prospective cohort study of DR-TB in Anhui Province. All DR-TB patients underwent drug-susceptibility testing and prefecture-level reference laboratories confirmed their microbiologies. The case-crossover design was performed to evaluate the association between the risk of acute exacerbations of DR-TB and short-term residential exposure to air pollution.
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