Investing in improved performance of national tuberculosis programs reduces the tuberculosis burden: Analysis of 22 high-burden countries, 2002-2009

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 205, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Akachi, Yoko ^a   Zumla, Alimuddin ^b   Atun, Rifat ^c  

^a TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INVESTMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84860362395     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis189     Document Type: Review

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