Use of Modeling to Inform Tuberculosis Elimination Strategies

Masahiro Narita^{1

2}, Jeanne Sullivan Meissner³, Joseph Burzynski³

Affiliations

¹ Public Health - Seattle & King County.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep MedicineUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, Washingtonand.
³ New York City Department of Health and Mental HygieneBureau of TB ControlNew York, New York.

Editorial

Masahiro Narita et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020.

. 2020 Feb 1;201(3):272-274.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201910-2061ED.

Masahiro Narita^{1

2}, Jeanne Sullivan Meissner³, Joseph Burzynski³

¹ Public Health - Seattle & King County.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep MedicineUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, Washingtonand.
³ New York City Department of Health and Mental HygieneBureau of TB ControlNew York, New York.

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Comparative Modeling of Tuberculosis Epidemiology and Policy Outcomes in California.
Menzies NA, Parriott A, Shrestha S, Dowdy DW, Cohen T, Salomon JA, Marks SM, Hill AN, Winston CA, Asay GR, Barry P, Readhead A, Flood J, Kahn JG, Shete PB. Menzies NA, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Feb 1;201(3):356-365. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201907-1289OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020. PMID: 31626560 Free PMC article.

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