Transmission Elasticity in Communities Hyperendemic for Tuberculosis | Zendy

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Transmission Elasticity in Communities Hyperendemic for Tuberculosis

Author(s) -

Pieter Uys,

Ben J. Marais,

Simon P. Johnstone-Robertson,

John W. Hargrove,

Robin Wood

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir229

Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , environmental health , taxis , epidemiology , telecommunications , pathology , biology , computer science , botany

Despite consistently meeting international performance targets for tuberculosis case detection and treatment success, areas where tuberculosis is hyperendemic fail to achieve the predicted epidemiological impact. In this article, we explore the anomalous relationship between defined performance targets and actual reduction in tuberculosis transmission.

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