The IGRA tests: where are we now?
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In the early 1990s, WHO declared TB a global emergency [1]. Since that time after introduction of DOTS strategy and National TB Programs, the reduction of global incidence rate (2002), as well as of total number of TB cases (2006) were recorded. However, in 2012, about 8.6 million cases were established, of which only two third were registered. It means that 3 million cases were missed and untreated. According to the new-post 2015 Global TB Strategy, TB epidemic will end by 2035, when the incidence rate decrease to < 10 TB cases/100 000 population.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Pneumonologia i alergologia polska
دوره 83 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015