Tuberculosis disease burden trends, drivers, and projections to 2050 in China and the wider Central Asian region, 1990–2023
Bahetibieke Tuohetaerbaike, Dina Mulali, Mehdi Borhani, Kai Wang, Wenbao Zhang, Hao Wen · 2026
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Bahetibieke Tuohetaerbaike and colleagues charted in 2026 the course of tuberculosis across China and its Central Asian neighbors, looking back to 1990 and forward to 2050. Tuberculosis remains one of the world's great infectious killers, and this region carries a heavy and uneven share of it. The team analyzed trends in the disease burden across more than three decades of data.
They also weigh the drivers behind the trends and project where the burden is heading by mid century under current patterns. Projections like these let health ministries see whether control programs are on pace and where drug resistant disease threatens progress. The regional view matters because tuberculosis crosses the borders that the region's people cross daily.
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| CREATOR | Bahetibieke Tuohetaerbaike, Dina Mulali, Mehdi Borhani, Kai Wang, Wenbao Zhang, Hao Wen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 57333 |
| LICENSE | CC_BY |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS |