Know your tuberculosis epidemic-Is it time to add Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunoreactivity back into global surveillance?
Tuberculosis (TB) still causes 1.5 million deaths globally each year. Over recent decades, slow and uneven declines in TB incidence have resulted in a falling prevalence of TB disease, which increasingly concentrates in vulnerable populations. Falling prevalence, while welcome, poses new challenges...
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| Main Authors: | Hannah M Rickman, Wala Kamchedzera, Alvaro Schwalb, Mphatso D Phiri, Morten Ruhwald, Kwame Shanaube, Peter J Dodd, Rein M G J Houben, Elizabeth L Corbett, Peter MacPherson |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-01-01
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| Series: | PLOS Global Public Health |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001208&type=printable |
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