title: Numbers needed to treat to prevent tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matteelli
authors.affiliation: Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Knut
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lönnroth
authors.affiliation: Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Haileyesus
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Getahun
authors.affiliation: Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Falzon
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italy giovannibattista.migliori@fsm.it.
authors.forename: Giovanni Battista
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Migliori
authors.affiliation: Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raviglione
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D061366:Numbers Needed To Treat; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000517:prevention & control*