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The predicted impact of tuberculosis preventive therapy: the importance of disease progression assumptions

BACKGROUND: Following infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), individuals may rapidly develop tuberculosis (TB) disease or enter a “latent” infection state with a low risk of progression to disease. Mathematical models use a variety of structures and parameterisations to represent this pro...

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Autores principales: Sumner, Tom, White, Richard G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7684744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33228580
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05592-5