Quality of tuberculosis care in high burden countries: the urgent need to address gaps in the care cascade
Despite the high coverage of directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS), tuberculosis (TB) continues to affect 10.4 million people each year, and kills 1.8 million. High TB mortality, the large number of missing TB cases, the emergence of severe forms of drug resistance, and the slow decline in...
Main Authors: | Danielle Cazabon, Hannah Alsdurf, Srinath Satyanarayana, Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, Ramnath Subbaraman, Amrita Daftary, Madhukar Pai |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-03-01
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Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216312000 |
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