Biography

Dr. Bo Wu is an Associate Chief Physician with 17 years of experience in tuberculosis prevention and treatment in Chongqing Public Health Medical Center, who has led 3 key tuberculosis research projects. He has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as a standing committee member of the Youth Branch of Chinese Antituberculosis Association, a committee member of the Practical Technology Evaluation Branch and the Treatment Care Branch of Chinese Antituberculosis Association, a committee member of Chongqing Medical Association, and council member of the Chongqing Antituberculosis Association.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Chest X-ray operational barriers in school-based pulmonary tuberculosis screening in China: A cross-sectional study

Our findings substantiate CXR's critical role in school-based PTB control while revealing operational vulnerabilities: 1) Interobserver variability in CXR interpretation may create PTB detection gap; 2) Absence of regular EQC undermines screening reliability. We propose institutionalizing radiologist competency certification for PTB screening in school students and establishing regional CXR audit panels to standardize diagnostic criteria.

Source: Conference 2024