Dissemin is shutting down on January 1st, 2025

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European Respiratory Society, European Respiratory Journal, 6(46), p. 1838-1839

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01179-2015

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Numbers needed to treat to prevent tuberculosis

Journal article published in 2015 by Alberto Matteelli, Knut Lönnroth, Haileyesus Getahun, Dennis Falzon, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Mario Raviglione ORCID
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Abstract

We thank Martina Sester and colleagues for their careful reading of our paper [1] and for their support to the prospect of tuberculosis (TB) elimination in low-incidence countries in a foreseeable future. While we respect the views of the authors that the targets may appear too ambitious, we believe that, if the scientific community stay focussed on innovative approaches that can translate into scalable and effective interventions, we could reap the benefits of such interventions within the space of the next two decades [2]. Figure 1 shows the trend in TB incidence into the future, should current efforts to control TB – including the treatment of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (LTBI) – be intensified and boosted by new techniques and approaches.