Eliminating latent tuberculosis in low-burden settings: are the principal beneficiaries to be disadvantaged groups or the broader population?

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and the burdens of this disease continue to track prior disadvantage. In order to galvanise a coordinated global response, WHO has recently launched the End TB Campaign that aims to eliminate TB by 2050. Key to this is t...

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Authors: Degeling, Chris (Author) ; Denholm, Justin (Author) ; Mason, Paul (Author) ; Kerridge, Ian (Author) ; Dawson, Angus (Author)
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2017
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 43, Issue: 9, Pages: 632-636
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