Shifting from tuberculosis control to elimination: Where are we? What are the variables and limitations? Is it achievable?

Shifting from tuberculosis control to elimination: Where are we? What are the variables and limitations? Is it achievable?

Tuberculosis (TB) is a priority in terms of incidence and mortality, with about 10.4 million new incident cases and 1.8 million deaths in 2015. The End-TB strategy recently launched by the World Health Organization in the context of the post-2015 agenda, aimed to achieve TB elimination, represents a...

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Main Authors: Rosella Centis, Lia D’Ambrosio, Alimuddin Zumla, Giovanni Battista Migliori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Elimination
MDR-TB
LTBI
Strategy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216316356

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