Assessing the impacts of short-course multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in the Southeast Asia Region using a mathematical modeling approach

• Main Authors: Win Min Han, Wiriya Mahikul, Thomas Pouplin, Saranath Lawpoolsri, Lisa J. White, Wirichada Pan-Ngum
• Other Authors: Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/79375
• Institution: Mahidol University

This study aimed to predict the impacts of shorter duration treatment regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) on both MDR-TB percentage among new cases and overall MDR-TB cases in the WHO Southeast Asia Region. A deterministic compartmental model was constructed to describe both the t...