Title |
TB Anywhere is TB Everywhere
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Published in |
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, July 2018
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DOI | 10.1186/s13584-018-0233-0 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Jonathan M. Wortham |
Abstract |
To control and prevent outbreaks, public health programs in all countries, regardless of tuberculosis (TB) incidence, must maintain the capacity to perform core control and prevention activities. These include diagnosing and treating cases, contact investigations, and infection prevention and control activities. Congregate settings and healthcare facilities demand special attention, because of the potential for outbreaks associated with infectious cases in these settings. Since almost one-fourth of the world population is thought to be infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, enhanced efforts to diagnose and treat latent TB infection are needed to prevent future cases and accelerate progress towards TB elimination. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 1 | 25% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 22 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 6 | 27% |
Other | 2 | 9% |
Student > Bachelor | 2 | 9% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 9% |
Researcher | 2 | 9% |
Other | 4 | 18% |
Unknown | 4 | 18% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 23% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 9% |
Social Sciences | 2 | 9% |
Mathematics | 1 | 5% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 5% |
Other | 4 | 18% |
Unknown | 7 | 32% |