Ending Neglect : The Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States.

Cover -- Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Fundamentals of Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Control -- 2 The Current Situation and How We Got Here -- 3 Tuberculosis Elimination and the Changing Role of Tuberculosis Control Programs -- 4 Advancing Toward Elimination -- 5 Developing the Tools for Tuberculosis Elimination -- 6 The U.S. Role in Global Tuberculosis Control -- 7 Mobilizing for Elimination -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX A Statement of Task -- APPENDIX B Public Session Agendas -- APPENDIX C Site Visit Summaries -- APPENDIX D Role of Public Health Laboratories in the Control of Tuberculosis -- APPENDIX E Estimating the Number of Tuberculosis Cases That Can Be Prevented by a Program of Screening and Preventive Therapy of Newly Arrived Immigrants to the United States from Countries with a High Rate of Tuberculosis and the Costs of the Program -- APPENDIX F Approval Dates for Existing and Prospects for Development of New Antituberculosis Drugs and Vaccines -- APPENDIX G Committee Biographies -- Index.

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