Controlling latent TB tuberculosis infection in high-burden countries: A neglected strategy to end TB

In a Perspective, Gavin Churchyard and Sue Swindells discuss the importance of strategies to target latent tuberculosis infection in high risk populations and thus disrupt a reservoir for new infections in high burden countries.

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Autores principales: Churchyard, Gavin J., Swindells, Sue
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
Materias:
Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31013273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002787
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spelling pubmed-64782642019-05-07 Controlling latent TB tuberculosis infection in high-burden countries: A neglected strategy to end TB Churchyard, Gavin J. Swindells, Sue PLoS Med Perspective In a Perspective, Gavin Churchyard and Sue Swindells discuss the importance of strategies to target latent tuberculosis infection in high risk populations and thus disrupt a reservoir for new infections in high burden countries. Public Library of Science 2019-04-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6478264/ /pubmed/31013273 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002787 Text en © 2019 Churchyard, Swindells http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Controlling latent TB tuberculosis infection in high-burden countries: A neglected strategy to end TB
title_full Controlling latent TB tuberculosis infection in high-burden countries: A neglected strategy to end TB
title_fullStr Controlling latent TB tuberculosis infection in high-burden countries: A neglected strategy to end TB
title_full_unstemmed Controlling latent TB tuberculosis infection in high-burden countries: A neglected strategy to end TB
title_short Controlling latent TB tuberculosis infection in high-burden countries: A neglected strategy to end TB
title_sort controlling latent tb tuberculosis infection in high-burden countries: a neglected strategy to end tb
topic Perspective
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31013273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002787
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