Detection of Mycobacterium kansasii using a combination of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and lateral flow biosensors.

Mycobacterium kansasii is an opportunistic pathogen that causes both intrapulmonary and extrapulmonary infections. The symptoms of the pulmonary diseases caused by M. kansasii closely resemble Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Spatio-temporal analysis of socio-economic characteristics for pulmonary tuberculosis in Sichuan province of China, 2006-2015.

Background: The disease burden caused by pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Sichuan province still persisted at a high level, and large spatial variances were presented across regional distribution disparities. The socio-economic factors were suspected to affect the population of TB notification, we aimed to describe TB case notification rate (CNR) and identify which factors influence TB epidemic are necessary for the prevention and control of the disease in Sichuan province.

Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study and an ecological spatial analysis was conducted to quantify the presence and location of spatial clusters of TB by the Moran's I index and examined these patterns with socio-economic risk factors by hierarchical Bayesian spatio-temporal model.

Findings from a pilot project to assess the feasibility of active tuberculosis case finding among seniors in rural Sichuan Province, China, 2017.

Background: China has a substantial tuberculosis (TB) disease burden and an aging population. Seniors have a higher risk of developing TB disease compared to younger age groups. Active case finding (ACF) could help identify seniors with TB disease.

[Study on epidemic trend and control policy of tuberculosis in Sichuan province].

Objective: To evaluate efficacy of tuberculosis control policy and provide scientific evidence for drawing up tuberculosis control program.

Methods: Data of the epidemiological survey for tuberculosis in Sichuan in 2000 were analyzed and part of the results were compared with that before.

Results: The prevalence of active pulmonary tuberculosis, the bacteriological positive prevalence and smear positive prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in 2000 were 544/100 000, 250/100 000 and 144/100 000, respectively, decreased by 41.