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Partnering to solve the problem of tuberculosis

Authors: Bernard F. Laya, Amanda Dehaye

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 6/2014

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Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health problem and the burden remains enormous. In 2012, an estimated 8.6 million people developed TB (13% with human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] co-infection) and 1.3 million died from the disease [1]. Most cases were in the Southeast Asia, Africa and Western Pacific regions [1]. About 3.6% of newly diagnosed TB cases and 20% of people previously treated for TB have multidrug-resistant TB [1]. Among children younger than 15 years, there were an estimated 530,000 TB cases and 74,000 TB deaths in 2012 [1]. …

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Title: Partnering to solve the problem of tuberculosis
Authors: Bernard F. Laya
Amanda Dehaye
Publication date: 01-06-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 6/2014
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-014-2918-z

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