Nationally representative tuberculosis (TB) prevalence surveys provide invaluable empirical measurements of TB burden but are a massive and complex undertaking. Therefore, methods that capitalize on data from these surveys are both attractive and imperative. The aim of this study was to use existing TB prevalence estimates to develop and validate an ecological predictive statistical model to indirectly estimate TB prevalence in low- and middle-income countries without survey data.

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结核病流行预测生态模型的开发和验证

具有全国代表性的结核病 (TB) 流行率调查提供了对结核病负担的宝贵经验性测量，但却是一项庞大而复杂的工作。因此，利用这些调查数据的方法既有吸引力又势在必行。本研究的目的是利用现有的结核病流行率估计来开发和验证生态预测统计模型，以在没有调查数据的情况下间接估计低收入和中等收入国家的结核病流行率。