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Editorial
. 2021 Mar;6(3):e005639.
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005639.

Increasing tuberculosis burden in Latin America: an alarming trend for global control efforts

Otavio T Ranzani  1   2 , Julia M Pescarini  3   4 , Leonardo Martinez  5 , Alberto L Garcia-Basteiro  6   7
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Editorial

Increasing tuberculosis burden in Latin America: an alarming trend for global control efforts

Otavio T Ranzani et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: control strategies; tuberculosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: ALG-B is associated editor of the BMJ Global Health. The other authors have none to declare.

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Estimated incidence rate, case notification rate and estimated incident cases of tuberculosis for 12 countries in Latin America between 2000 and 2019. Data generated from the tuberculosis WHO most updated database, exported on 22 October 2020. *Venezuela stands for Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
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