Transmission Elasticity in Communities Hyperendemic for Tuberculosis

Pieter Uys, Ben J. Marais, Simon P. Johnstone-Robertson, John W. Hargrove, Robin Wood

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2011 · 17 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

The relationship between the number of infectious people removed and the decrease in ARI is nonlinear. The concept of transmission elasticity has important implications for the formulation of universal performance targets, since hyperendemic areas would require more stringent targets to achieve comparable transmission reduction.

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