Diagnosis and management of latent tuberculosis infection in Asia: Review of current status and challenges

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Abstract
Asia has the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) and latent TB infection (LTBI) in the world. Optimizing the diagnosis and treatment of LTBI is one of the key strategies for achieving the WHO ‘End TB’ targets. We report the discussions from the Asia Latent TubERculosis (ALTER) expert panel meeting held in 2018 in Singapore. In this meeting, a group of 13 TB experts from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam convened to review the literature, discuss the barriers and propose strategies to improve the management of LTBI in Asia. Strategies for the optimization of risk group prioritization, diagnosis, treatment, and research of LTBI are reported. The perspectives presented herein, may help national programs and professional societies of the respective countries enhance the adoption of the WHO guidelines, scale-up the implementation of national guidelines based on the regional needs, and provide optimal guidance to clinicians for the programmatic management of LTBI. Keywords: Latent tuberculosis infection, Asia, Awareness, Optimization
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Authors Paton, Nicholas I.;Borand, Laurence;Benedicto, Jubert;Kyi, Mar Mar;Mahmud, Asif Mujtaba;Norazmi, Mohd Nor;Sharma, Nandini;Chuchottaworn, Charoen;Huang, Yi-Wen;Kaswandani, Nastiti;Van, Hoi Le;Lui, Grace C.Y.;Mao, Tan Eang;
Journal international journal of infectious diseases
Year 2019
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Microbiology Infectious and parasitic diseases Medicine Science surgery otorhinolaryngology public aspects of medicine

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