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- Title
Epidemiology of tuberculosis in a high HIV prevalence population provided with enhanced diagnosis of symptomatic disease.
- Authors
Corbett, Elizabeth L; Bandason, Tsitsi; Cheung, Yin Bun; Munyati, Shungu; Godfrey-Faussett, Peter; Hayes, Richard; Churchyard, Gavin; Butterworth, Anthony; Mason, Peter
- Abstract
Directly observed treatment short course (DOTS), the global control strategy aimed at controlling tuberculosis (TB) transmission through prompt diagnosis of symptomatic smear-positive disease, has failed to prevent rising tuberculosis incidence rates in Africa brought about by the HIV epidemic. However, rising incidence does not necessarily imply failure to control tuberculosis transmission, which is primarily driven by prevalent infectious disease. We investigated the epidemiology of prevalent and incident TB in a high HIV prevalence population provided with enhanced primary health care.
- Publication
PLoS medicine, 2007, Vol 4, Issue 1, pe22
- ISSN
1549-1676
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.0040022