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Rethinking tuberculosis control by targeting previously treated individuals
The Lancet Global Health ( IF 19.9 ) Pub Date : 2018-02-19 , DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(18)30068-8
Ellen Brooks-Pollock , Karen R Jacobson

Tuberculosis is now the leading cause of death due an infectious disease.¹ Urgent action with new approaches is needed to achieve WHO's elimination targets of an 80% reduction in tuberculosis cases and a 90% reduction in deaths by 2030.¹ Marx and colleagues² previously identified that, in high tuberculosis burden communities in sub-Saharan Africa, individuals who have previously been treated for tuberculosis have as much as a 5 times increased risk of a repeat tuberculosis disease episode compared with individuals without a history of tuberculosis treatment.

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