Moving towards tuberculosis elimination: a call for action from Italy and a possible model for other low tuberculosis incidence countries.
Dept of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, IRCCS Fondazione Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Francesco
F
Blasi
Clinic of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and Brescia Spedali Civili General Hospital, WHO Collaborating Centre for TB/HIV and TB Elimination, Brescia, Italy.
Alberto
A
Matteelli
Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari - Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Giovanni
0000-0002-1600-4474
G
Sotgiu
Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, WHO collaborating Centre and TB Supranational Reference laboratory, San Raffaele Scientific institute, Milan, Italy.
Daniela Maria
DM
Cirillo
Respiratory Infectious Diseases Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases 'L. Spallanzani', IRCCS Rome, Italy.
Fabrizio
F
Palmieri
Dept of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.
Lanfranco
L
Fattorini
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Maugeri Institute, IRCCS Tradate, Tradate, Italy giovannibattista.migliori@fsm.it.
Giovanni Battista
0000-0002-2597-574X
GB
Migliori
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