title: Back to the future: Rethinking global control of tuberculosis.
abstract: If the ultimate goal of controlling an infectious disease is to interrupt transmission, the current global tuberculosis strategy is not succeeding.
authors.affiliation: Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Immunology and Infectious Diseases and Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA 02115, USA. barry_bloom@harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Barry R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Bloom
authors.affiliation: Professor of Global Health Systems, Department of Global Health and Population and Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Rifat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Atun
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D014944:World Health Organization