TB Research

Author response: Estimating the contribution of subclinical tuberculosis disease to transmission: An individual patient data analysis from prevalence surveys

Jon C. Emery, Peter J. Dodd, Sayera Banu, Beatrice Frascella, Frances Garden, Katherine C. Horton, Shaikh A. Shahed Hossain, Irwin Law, et al. (21 authors)

Abstract

Data analysis and mathematical modelling suggest that subclinical tuberculosis contributes substantially to transmission and needs to be diagnosed and treated for effective progress towards tuberculosis elimination.

MeSH terms

  • Subclinical infection
  • Tuberculosis
  • Disease
  • Transmission (telecommunications)
  • Medicine
  • Environmental health
  • Statistics