SETTING: Directly observed therapy (DOT), the standard of care for monitoring patients on
treatment for tuberculosis (TB), requires substantial health department resources, and can …

Applying Public Health Principles to the HIV Epidemic — How Are We Doing? | New England
Journal of Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine homepage …

In low-incidence countries in the European Union (EU), tuberculosis (TB) is concentrated in
big cities, especially among certain urban high-risk groups including immigrants from TB …

Background Contact tracing is a key element in England's 2015 collaborative TB strategy,
although proposed indicators of successful contact tracing remain undescribed. Methods We …

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) has again become a global problem: it infects 2.2 billion people
world-wide, caused the deaths of over 3 million last year and will produce over 8 million new …

Cohort review has been used internationally to support tuberculosis (TB) control. We
describe its first use in the UK by a London TB service. Improvements were noted in case …

This is a retrospective cohort study using notification data in South Korea. We evaluated the
nationwide status, regional differences, and the determinants of treatment outcomes among …

Objective: To identify those at highest risk and determine the reasons for poor treatment
outcomes among TB cases (January 2009-June 2010). Design: Retrospective analysis …

OBJECTIVE: To review outcomes of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive
tuberculosis (TB) patients in New York City (NYC) to determine if the World Health …

The Styblo model is the result of international collaboration aimed at the expansion of
national tuberculosis (TB) programs in partner countries. This model is the foundation of the …