Mass Treatment to Eliminate Tuberculosis from an Island Population
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Hill, P CDye, C
Viney, K
Tabutoa, K
Kienene, T
Bissell, K
Williams, B G
Zachariah, R
Marais, B J
Harries, A D
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2014-08-01
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The global target of tuberculosis (TB) elimination by 2050 requires new approaches. Active case finding plus mass prophylactic treatment has been disappointing. We consider mass full anti-tuberculosis treatment as an approach to TB elimination in Kiribati, a Pacific Island nation, with a persistent epidemic of high TB incidence.PubMed ID
25199002Language
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1815-7920ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.5588/ijtld.14.0007