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Tuberculosis control--is DOTS the health breakthrough of the 1990s?
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Observed TreatmentPulmonary TuberculosisPreventive MedicineTuberculosis ControlTuberculosis PreventionTreatment OptionTuberculosisStrategy ExistsPreventive TreatmentTuberculosis DiagnosticsEffective Control StrategyMedicineInnovative Treatment
The resurgence of tuberculosis in recent years has made an effective control strategy indispensable. The strategy exists and is called DOTS--Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course. It has proved its effectiveness and now needs to be used worldwide on a much larger scale.