Controlling Tuberculosis in India
- 31 October 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 347 (18), 1420-1425
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsa020098
Abstract
Tuberculosis kills nearly 500,000 people in India each year. Until recently, less than half of patients with tuberculosis received an accurate diagnosis, and less than half of those received effective treatment.Keywords
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