The global burden of tuberculosis mortality in children: a mathematical modelling study

Background: Tuberculosis in children is increasingly recognised as an important component of the global tuberculosis burden, with an estimated 1 million cases in 2015. Although younger children are vulnerable to severe forms of tuberculosis disease, no age-disaggregated estimates of paediatric tuber...

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Main Authors: Dr Peter J Dodd, PhD, Courtney M Yuen, PhD, Charalambos Sismanidis, PhD, James A Seddon, PhD, Helen E Jenkins, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X17302899