Limei Zhu

Biographic Data

ID7007101
NAMELimei Zhu
GIVEN NAMESLimei
FAMILY NAMEZhu
SIGNATUREZHU L
AFFILIATIONSJiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
ORCID0000-0002-0448-8547
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Comparative agreement between tuberculin skin test and QuantiFeron-TB Gold In-Tube across different levels of exposure in a college-based tuberculosis outbreak

    Open AccessZheng Sun, Yunliang Wu et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Background Optimal intervention thresholds for students in college TB outbreaks remain debated. Tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) is recommended for tuberculin skin test (TST) induration greater than 15 mm. The possibility of TPT recommendation for individuals with TST medium or weak positivity in the context of recent exposure, particularly with close contact with TB, is not entirely clear. Methods The study used a cross-sectional design a…

  • Tuberculosis infection and related factors among 15–17 years old teenagers in Eastern China

    Open AccessCheng Chen, C L Philip Chen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2026

    Tuberculosis infection (TBI) is a great barrier to tuberculosis control. Previous large-scale study had revealed that the TBI rate was between 13% and 20% for the general population in China. However, there is no large sample size study to evaluate the prevalence of TBI among teenagers. Therefore, it is important to investigate the strength of TBI and explore associated factors among senior high middle school freshmen with a large sample size in …

  • Comparative evaluation of QuantiFeron-TB gold in-tube plus for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among adolescents in China

    Open AccessPeng Lü, Leonardo Martínez et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    The QFT-GIT and QFT-Plus assays exhibited a high level of agreement but demonstrated a moderate correlation. IFN-γ levels measured by both QFT-GIT and QFT-Plus were comparable. Notably, Our study suggests QFT-Plus may detect a higher rate of Mtb infection among high school freshmen compared to QFT-GIT, EC skin test, and TST, though this requires cautious interpretation due to the absence of a gold standard for Mtb infection diagnosis

  • Diagnostic performance of a novel Esat6-CFP10 skin test for tuberculosis infection in school tuberculosis outbreak in China

    Open AccessPeng Lü, Jingjing Xu et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Background: The ESAT6-CFP10 (EC) skin test is recommended by the World Health Organization for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). However, it is still unknown how the EC skin test performs in students during a school tuberculosis outbreak. Methods: We conducted an epidemiological investigation to assess the performance of the EC skin test in this high-risk population. Results: A total of 9 active student patients were confirmed in the same cla…

  • Association between ambient particulate matter and latent tuberculosis infection among 198 275 students

    Open AccessZhongqi Li, Zhan Wang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2024

    Background: Numerous studies have estimated the impact of outdoor particulate matter (PM) on tuberculosis risk. Nevertheless, whether there is an association between ambient PM and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) risk remains uncertain. Methods: We collected the basic information and LTBI test results of students who underwent freshmen enrolment physical examinations in 68 middle schools from six prefecture-level cities located in eastern Ch…

  • A university-clustered tuberculosis outbreak during the Covid-19 pandemic in eastern China

    Open AccessJizhou Wu, Limei Zhu et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, a tuberculosis outbreak occurred in a university in eastern China, with 4,488 students and 421 staff on the campus. A 19-year-old student was diagnosed in August 2019. Later, the first round of screening was initiated among close contacts, but no active cases were found. Till September 2020, four rounds of screening were performed. Four rounds of screening were conducted on September 9, November 8, November 2…

  • Rates and risk factors for drug resistance tuberculosis in Northeastern China

    Open AccessQiao Liu, Limei Zhu et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    The burden of drug resistant TB cases is sizeable, which highlights an urgent need to reinforce control, detection and treatment strategies for drug resistant TB

  • Violence against Women, Symptom Reporting, and Treatment for Reproductive Tract Infections in Kerala State, Southern India

    S Sudha, Sharon D Morrison et al.ARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2007

    In this article we examine factors associated with women's self-reports of reproductive ill health symptoms and factors associated with seeking and receiving treatment for the symptoms. We focus on indicators of women's societal position, especially empowerment (indicated by experience of and attitudes toward violence against women), autonomy, and education. We used data from the National Family Health Survey-2 from Kerala state in Southern India…