Laxminarayan, Ramanan; Klein, Eili; Dye, Christopher; … - 2007
and physical capital. Tuberculosis (TB) is
the most important cause of adult death due to infectious disease after HIV …), including 229,000 deaths of individuals who also were
infected with HIV/AIDS. Almost all of those who died from the disease … with the highest burden of TB in
2004.
TB places an extraordinary burden on those afflicted by the disease, their …