Controlling latent TB tuberculosis infection in high-burden countries: A neglected strategy to end TB

In a Perspective, Gavin Churchyard and Sue Swindells discuss the importance of strategies to target latent tuberculosis infection in high risk populations and thus disrupt a reservoir for new infections in high burden countries.

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS medicine 2019-04, Vol.16 (4), p.e1002787-e1002787
Hauptverfasser:	Churchyard, Gavin J, Swindells, Sue
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abbreviations Acquired immune deficiency syndrome AIDS Antiretroviral drugs Antitubercular agents Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use Development and progression Dialysis Disease Eradication - methods Disease prevention Disease Progression Donations Dosage and administration Drug therapy Efavirenz Emergency preparedness Endemic Diseases Geography Health care facilities Health risks Hematology HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Hygiene Infection Control - methods Infections Isoniazid Latent Tuberculosis - epidemiology Latent Tuberculosis - prevention & control Malaria Medical diagnosis Multidrug resistance Occupational exposure Patient outcomes Preventive Medicine - methods Public health Rifamycins Rifapentine Risk Factors Silica Silicosis Systematic review Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - prevention & control Tumor necrosis factor Tumor necrosis factor-TNF Tumors Vector-borne diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	In a Perspective, Gavin Churchyard and Sue Swindells discuss the importance of strategies to target latent tuberculosis infection in high risk populations and thus disrupt a reservoir for new infections in high burden countries.
ISSN:	1549-1676 1549-1277 1549-1676
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pmed.1002787