The Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of a Four-Month Regimen for First-Line Treatment of Active Tuberculosis in South Africa

BACKGROUND: A 4-month first-line treatment regimen for tuberculosis disease (TB) is expected to have a direct impact on patient outcomes and societal costs, as well as an indirect impact on Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission. We aimed to estimate this combined impact in a high TB-burden country...

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Autores principales: Knight, Gwenan M., Gomez, Gabriela B., Dodd, Peter J., Dowdy, David, Zwerling, Alice, Wells, William A., Cobelens, Frank, Vassall, Anna, White, Richard G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4696677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26717007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145796

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4696677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26717007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145796

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