Sex, gender, and tuberculosis
Sex, gender, and tuberculosis
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DOI:
10.1016/s0140-6736(99)01318-5
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发表时间:
1999-03-20
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影响因子:
168.9
通讯作者:
Thorson, A
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作者:
Diwan, VK;Thorson, A
Health-sector reform is painful, but Russia is beginning to face up to the epidemic. Support is growing among Russians for more effective approaches to tuberculosis control. International agencies can encourage and cajole, but massive resources for research and development, technical support, and urgently needed drugs are essential.MERLIN and the Tomsk experience have shown that DOTS alone may not be entirely appropriate for Russia. The presence of a high rate of initial resistance, and the potential for HIV infection mean that there is no time to lose. A specifically Russian approach, based on DOTS,