Does directly observed therapy work?
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Does directly observed therapy (DOT) reduce drug resistant tuberculosis?
BACKGROUND Directly observed therapy (DOT) is a widely recommended and promoted strategy to manage tuberculosis (TB), however, there is still disagreement about the role of DOT in TB control and the impact it has on reducing the acquisition and transmission of drug resistant TB. This study compares the portion of drug resistant genotype clusters, representing recent transmission, within and bet...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.89.4.600-a