Reducing the global burden of tuberculosis: the contribution of improved diagnostics.

Autor: Keeler, Emmett, Perkins, Mark D., Small, Peter, Hanson, Christy, Reed, Steven, Cunningham, Jane, Aledort, Julia E., Hillborne, Lee, Rafael, Maria E., Girosi, Federico, Dye, Christopher
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Zdroj: Nature; 11/23/2006 Supplement 1, Vol. 444, p49-57, 9p
Abstrakt: The article focuses on the need of diagnostic tests, to provide guidance for health-care workers, test developers, funding agencies and policymakers to prevent tuberculosis. Topics include the application of the method, Sputum smear microscopy (SSM); and that the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the Directly observed treatment, short-course strategy as a cost-effective way to control TB and improve health.
Databáze: Complementary Index