The global burden of tuberculosis mortality in children: a mathematical modelling study
Background: Tuberculosis in children is increasingly recognised as an important component of the global tuberculosis burden, with an estimated 1 million cases in 2015. Although younger children are vulnerable to severe forms of tuberculosis disease, no age-disaggregated estimates of paediatric tuber...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-09-01
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Series: | The Lancet Global Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X17302899 |