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01-08-2019 | Tuberculosis | Commentary

Tuberculosis Control: WHO Perspective and Guidelines

Authors: Avinash Kanchar, Soumya Swaminathan

Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 8/2019

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TB is an old disease that was once a death sentence. Effective drug treatments first became available in the 1940s, and in combination with social and economic development they allowed countries in western Europe, North America and some other parts of the world to reduce their burden of TB disease to very low levels. For most countries, however, the “end” of TB as an epidemic and major public health problem remains an aspiration rather than a reality. …

Title: Tuberculosis Control: WHO Perspective and Guidelines
Authors: Avinash Kanchar
Soumya Swaminathan
Publication date: 01-08-2019
Publisher: Springer India
Keywords: Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 8/2019
Print ISSN: 0019-5456
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7693
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-019-02989-2

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