Ending Neglect:

The Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States

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Lawrence Geiter, Editor; Committee on the Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
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Tuberculosis emerged as an epidemic in the 1600s, began to decline as sanitation improved in the 19th century, and retreated further when effective therapy was developed in the 1950s. TB was virtually forgotten until a recent resurgence in the U.S. ...
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"...well organized and easy to read."
-- Journal of the American Medical Association, July 11, 2001

"...the book cogently puts forward well-reasoned arguments for its recommendations..."
-- International Journal of Epidemiology, 2001

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Front Matter	i-xviii
Executive Summary	1-12	(skim)
1 Fundamentals of Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Control	13-22	(skim)
2 The Current Situation and How We Got Here	23-50	(skim)
3 Tuberculosis Elimination and the Changing Role of Tuberculosis Control Programs	51-85	(skim)
4 Advancing Toward Elimination	86-121	(skim)
5 Developing the Tools for Tuberculosis Elimination	122-148	(skim)
6 The U.S. Role in Global Tuberculosis Control	149-158	(skim)
7 Mobilizing for Elimination	159-168	(skim)
Appendix A Statement of Task	169-172	(skim)
Appendix B Public Session Agendas	173-181	(skim)
Appendix C Site Visit Summaries	182-204	(skim)
Appendix D Role of Public Health Laboratories in the Control of Tuberculosis	205-233	(skim)
Appendix E Estimating the Number of Tuberculosis Cases That Can Be Prevented by a Program of Screening and Preventive Therapy of Newly Arrived Immigrants to the United States from Countries with a High Rate of Tuberculosis a	234-243	(skim)
Appendix F Approval Dates for Existing and Prospects for Development of New Antituberculosis Drugs and Vaccines	244-249	(skim)
Appendix G Committee Biographies	250-256	(skim)
Index	257-269	(skim)

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Tuberculosis emerged as an epidemic in the 1600s, began to decline as sanitation improved in the 19th century, and retreated further when effective therapy was developed in the 1950s. TB was virtually forgotten until a recent resurgence in the U.S. and around the world-ominously, in forms resistant to commonly used medicines.

What must the nation do to eliminate TB? The distinguished committee from the Institute of Medicine offers recommendations in the key areas of epidemiology and prevention, diagnosis and treatment, funding and organization of public initiatives, and the U.S. role worldwide. The panel also focuses on how to mobilize policy makers and the public to effective action.

The book provides important background on the pathology of tuberculosis, its history and status in the U.S., and the public and private response.

The committee explains how the U.S. can act with both self-interest and humanitarianism in addressing the worldwide incidence of TB.

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"...well organized and easy to read."
-- Journal of the American Medical Association, July 11, 2001

"...the book cogently puts forward well-reasoned arguments for its recommendations..."
-- International Journal of Epidemiology, 2001

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