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Mario C. Raviglione
Researcher at University of Milan
Publications - 340
Citations - 40704
Mario C. Raviglione is an academic researcher from University of Milan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tuberculosis & Global health. The author has an hindex of 97, co-authored 331 publications receiving 38311 citations. Previous affiliations of Mario C. Raviglione include Health Science University & University of Geneva.
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Global Burden of Tuberculosis: Estimated Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality by Country
TL;DR: The global burden of tuberculosis remains enormous, mainly because of poor control in Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and eastern Europe, and because of high rates of M tuberculosis and HIV coinfection in some African countries.
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The growing burden of tuberculosis: global trends and interactions with the HIV epidemic.
Elizabeth L. Corbett,Catherine J. Watt,Neff Walker,Dermot Maher,Brian G. Williams,Mario C. Raviglione,Christopher Dye +6 more
TL;DR: The prevention of HIV and TB, the extension of WHO DOTS programs, and a focused effort to control HIV-related TB in areas of high HIV prevalence are matters of great urgency.
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Global epidemiology of tuberculosis. Morbidity and mortality of a worldwide epidemic.
TL;DR: The human immunodeficiency virus epidemic is causing increases in the number of tuberculosis cases, particularly in Africa, although increases are also expected in Southeast Asia.
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WHO guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: 2011 update
Dennis Falzon,Ernesto Jaramillo,Holger J. Schünemann,Matthew Arentz,Melissa Bauer,Jaime Bayona,Léopold Blanc,Jose A. Caminero,Charles L. Daley,Chris Duncombe,Christopher Fitzpatrick,Agnes Gebhard,Haileyesus Getahun,Myriam Henkens,Timothy H. Holtz,J. Keravec,S. Keshavjee,Aamir J. Khan,R. Kulier,Vaira Leimane,Christian Lienhardt,Chunling Lu,Mar'iandyshev Ao,Giovanni Battista Migliori,Fuad Mirzayev,Carole D. Mitnick,Paul Nunn,G. Nwagboniwe,Olivia Oxlade,Domingo Palmero,Patricia B Pavlinac,M. I. D. Quelapio,Mario C. Raviglione,Michael Rich,S. Royce,Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes,A. Salakaia,R. Sarin,Delphine Sculier,Francis Varaine,Marco Vitoria,Judd L. Walson,Fraser Wares,Karin Weyer,Richard A. White,Matteo Zignol +45 more
TL;DR: The guidelines promote the early use of antiretroviral agents for TB patients with HIV on second-line drug regimens and systems that primarily employ ambulatory models of care are recommended over others based mainly on hospitalisation.
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Zoonotic tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis in developing countries
O. Cosivi,John M. Grange,C.J. Daborn,Mario C. Raviglione,T. Fujikura,D. Cousins,R. A. Robinson,H. F.A.K. Huchzermeyer,I. De Kantor,F. X. Meslin +9 more
TL;DR: This work reviews available information on zoonotic TB in developing countries, analyze risk factors that may play a role in the disease, review recent WHO activities, and recommend actions to assess the magnitude of the problem and control the disease in humans and animals.