Efficacy of screening and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection

DOI10.1080/08898480.2014.998546MaRDI QIDQ4628595zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marie Varughese, Richard Long, Michael Y. Li

Publication date 14 March 2019

Published in Mathematical Population Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/08898480.2014.998546

zbMATH Keywords

screeningordinary differential equationstuberculosispreventionforeign-born population

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Medical epidemiology (92C60)

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• Control strategies for TB epidemics
• Tuberculosis transmission model with chemoprophylaxis and treatment

Cites work

• Global dynamics in a TB model incorporating case detection and two treatment stages
• Quantifying the intrinsic transmission dynamics of tuberculosis
• Transmission of Tuberculosis with Exogenous Re-infection and Endogenous Reactivation

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• Reconstructing the population dynamics of foreign residents in Japan to estimate the prevalence of infection with \textit{Mycobacterium tuberculosis}

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