The global burden of tuberculosis: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
An understanding of the trends in TB incidence, prevalence, and mortality is crucial to tracking of the success of TB control programmes and identification of remaining challenges. A study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases assessed trends in the fatal and non-fatal burden of TB over the past 25 years for 195 countries and territories.
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