MDR-TB treatment as prevention: The projected population-level impact of expanded treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: In 2013, approximately 480,000 people developed active multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), while only 97,000 started MDR-TB treatment. We sought to estimate the impact of improving access to MDR-TB diagnosis and treatment, under multiple diagnostic algorithm and treatment regimen...

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Autores principales: Kendall, Emily A., Azman, Andrew S., Cobelens, Frank G., Dowdy, David W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5342197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28273116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172748

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5342197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28273116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172748

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