TY - JOUR
T1 - What is the true tuberculosis mortality burden? Differences in estimates by the World Health Organization and the Global Burden of Disease study
AU - García-Basteiro, Alberto L.
AU - Brew, Joe
AU - Williams, Brian
AU - Borgdorff, Martien
AU - Cobelens, Frank
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) periodically provide global estimates of tuberculosis (TB) mortality. We compared the 2015 WHO and GBD TB mortality estimates and explored which factors might drive the differences.
AB - Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) periodically provide global estimates of tuberculosis (TB) mortality. We compared the 2015 WHO and GBD TB mortality estimates and explored which factors might drive the differences.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30010785
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy144
DO - https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy144
M3 - Article
C2 - 30010785
SN - 0300-5771
VL - 47
SP - 1549
EP - 1560
JO - International journal of epidemiology
JF - International journal of epidemiology
IS - 5
ER -