Innovations for tackling tuberculosis in the time of COVID-19 proceedings of a workshop

Despite being preventable and curable since the middle of the twentieth century, tuberculosis (TB) has long persisted as the world's deadliest infectious disease, with the communities most devastated by TB among the poorest and most vulnerable in the world. Only about half of people with TB rec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Biffl, Claire
Corporate Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Forum on Microbial Threats, Innovations for Tackling Tuberculosis in the Time of COVID-19 (Workshop) (2021, Online)
Other Authors: Liao, Julie ([rapporteur]), Nicholson, Anna ([rapporteur])
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC The National Academies Press 2022, [2022]
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Current Tools and Challenges
  • 3. Detection
  • 4. Vaccines and Therapeutics
  • 5. Financing, Ambition, and Preparedness
  • Appendix A: References
  • Appendix B: Workshop Statement of Task
  • Appendix C: Workshop Agenda
  • Includes bibliographical references