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. 2023 Oct 3;20(10):e1004288.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004288. eCollection 2023 Oct.

Prioritizing persons deprived of liberty in global guidelines for tuberculosis preventive treatment

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Prioritizing persons deprived of liberty in global guidelines for tuberculosis preventive treatment

Aditya Narayan et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

In this Policy Forum piece, Aditya Narayan and colleagues discuss the challenges and opportunities for tuberculosis preventive treatment in carceral settings.

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The spouse of SS was employed by Merck Pharmaceuticals 1997-2007 and retains stock in his retirement account. There is no conflict of interest with the submitted work, but is included in the interest of full disclosure. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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