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20% of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis cases in children could be averted by household testing and treatment
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20% of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis cases in children could be averted by household testing and treatment

by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Digitally colorized microscopic image of rod-shaped Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Credit: CDC NIAID One in five multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) cases in children under the age of 15 could be averted every year by household contact management, according to a new modeling study published in The Lancet Global Health....