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SUBMITTER: Young DB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2276805 | biostudies-other | 2008 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Young Douglas B DB Perkins Mark D MD Duncan Ken K Barry Clifton E CE
The Journal of clinical investigation 20080401 4
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major threat to global health, recently exacerbated by the emergence of highly drug-resistant forms of the disease-causing pathogen and synergy with HIV/AIDS. In 2006, the Stop TB Partnership published "The global plan to stop TB: 2006--2015," which set out a vision of halving the prevalence of and mortality caused by the disease by 2015, followed by eliminating the disease as a public health problem by 2050. This vision depends on the development of improved diagnostics, ...[more]