Childhood TB Surveillance: Bridging the Knowledge Gap to Inform Policy
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Childhood TB Surveillance: Bridging the Knowledge Gap to Inform Policy
Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death globally. Natural history studies show that young children are at particularly high risk of progression to active TB and severe, disseminated disease following infection. Despite this, high-quality regional and global surveillance data on the burden of childhood TB are lacking. We discuss the unique aspects of TB in children that make diagnosis and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tropical Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1687-9686,1687-9694
DOI: 10.1155/2012/865436