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Controlling latent TB infection in high-burden countries: A neglected strategy to end TB

A perspective published in PLOS Medicine provides the justification for scaling up TB preventive therapy in high-burden countries.

"To end TB once and for all in high-burden countries, we need to prevent cases of TB disease arising from the large reservoir of latently infected persons and thereby interrupt transmission."

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By Gavin J. Churchyard, Sue Swindells

Published: April 28, 2019, 12:40 a.m.

Last updated: April 29, 2019, 3:27 p.m.

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