Prospects for advancing tuberculosis control efforts through novel therapies.

BACKGROUND: Development of new, effective, and affordable tuberculosis (TB) therapies has been identified as a critical priority for global TB control. As new candidates emerge from the global TB drug pipeline, the potential impacts of novel, shorter regimens on TB incidence and mortality have not y...

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Main Authors: Joshua A Salomon, James O Lloyd-Smith, Wayne M Getz, Stephen Resch, María S Sánchez, Travis C Porco, Martien W Borgdorff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-08-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1523376?pdf=render