Daily DOTS- A much awaited transition for Tuberculosis control
Journal Title: IP Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
The TB control in India started in 1962 as the national tuberculosis programme (NTP), which was later reappraised to the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) in the year 1997 [1]. Since then the TB control throughout the country was done by an alternate day/intermittent regimen through directly observed treatment
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Sankalp Yadav, Gautam Rawal, Mohammad Atif
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