Tuberculosis (TB) is still amongst the most important causes of human morbidity and mortality killing approximately two million people each year. Standard short-course chemotherapy (SSCC) can rapidly control illness and dramatically reduce the chance of death, but the impact of treatment has rarely been evaluated in these terms.
Reference:
Dye, C, et al. 2000. Evaluating the impact of tuberculosis control: number of deaths prevented by short-course chemotherapy in China. International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 29(3), pp 558-564
Dye, C., Zhao, F., Scheele, S., & Williams, B. (2000). Evaluating the impact of tuberculosis control: number of deaths prevented by short-course chemotherapy in China. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/726
Dye, C, FZ Zhao, S Scheele, and B Williams "Evaluating the impact of tuberculosis control: number of deaths prevented by short-course chemotherapy in China." (2000) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/726
Dye C, Zhao F, Scheele S, Williams B. Evaluating the impact of tuberculosis control: number of deaths prevented by short-course chemotherapy in China. 2000; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/726.
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