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Paediatric tuberculosis

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Tuberculosis continues to cause an unacceptably high toll of disease and death among children worldwide, particularly
in the wake of the HIV epidemic. Increased international travel and immigration have led to a rise in childhood
tuberculosis rates even in traditionally low burden, industrialised settings, and threaten to promote the emergence
and spread of multidrug-resistant strains. Whereas intense scientifi c and clinical research eff orts into novel diagnostic,
therapeutic, and preventive interventions have focused on tuberculosis in adults, childhood tuberculosis has been
relatively neglected

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English

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Respiratory system

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Lancet Infect Dis 2008; 8: 498–510

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