Nearly one in five Tibetan refugee schoolchildren has tuberculosis infection, study finds
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 - 15:40
in Health & Medicine
In a tuberculosis screening and treatment initiative covering the entire population of Tibetan refugee schoolchildren in northern India, a team of researchers says it has found not only a startlingly high prevalence of TB disease and infection, but also a potentially workable strategy to eliminate the disease in a large, high-risk group.