Modelling the global burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis avertable by a post-exposure vaccine

oleh: Han Fu, Joseph A. Lewnard, Isabel Frost, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Nimalan Arinaminpathy

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-01-01

Deskripsi

Vaccines preventing tuberculosis disease progression have shown promising results in recent trials. Here, the authors use mathematical modelling to estimate that this type of vaccine could avert 10% of cases of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis and 7% of deaths from 2020-2035.