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India could see more than 62.4 million cases of tuberculosis in the two decades to 2040, with scaling-up of existing treatment regimens potentially generating at least US$28 billion in GDP gains

12.12.24 | PLOS

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India could see more than 62.4 million cases of tuberculosis in the two decades to 2040, with scaling-up of existing treatment regimens potentially generating at least US$28 billion in GDP gains
Researchers model cases of tuberculosis in India over the next two decades. Credit: nonmisvegliate, Pixabay (CC0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

India could see more than 62.4 million cases of tuberculosis in the two decades to 2040, with scaling-up of existing treatment regimens potentially generating at least US$28 billion in GDP gains

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Article Title: Estimating the health and macroeconomic burdens of tuberculosis in India, 2021-2040: A fully-integrated modelling study

Author Countries : United Kingdom, Denmark

Funding: This work was funded by Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, agreement number 2110-5191. All authors received this award. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS Medicine

10.1371/journal.pmed.1004491

Computational simulation/modeling

Not applicable

Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Computer Modeling Data Analysis Health Care Macroeconomics Medical Treatments Tuberculosis

Article Information

Journal
PLOS Medicine
DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.1004491
Method of Research
Computational simulation/modeling
Subject of Research
Not applicable
COI Statement
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Claire Turner
PLOS
medicinepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2024, December 12). India could see more than 62.4 million cases of tuberculosis in the two decades to 2040, with scaling-up of existing treatment regimens potentially generating at least US$28 billion in GDP gains. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LDE69EK8/india-could-see-more-than-624-million-cases-of-tuberculosis-in-the-two-decades-to-2040-with-scaling-up-of-existing-treatment-regimens-potentially-generating-at-least-us28-billion-in-gdp-gains.html
MLA:
"India could see more than 62.4 million cases of tuberculosis in the two decades to 2040, with scaling-up of existing treatment regimens potentially generating at least US$28 billion in GDP gains." Brightsurf News, Dec. 12 2024, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LDE69EK8/india-could-see-more-than-624-million-cases-of-tuberculosis-in-the-two-decades-to-2040-with-scaling-up-of-existing-treatment-regimens-potentially-generating-at-least-us28-billion-in-gdp-gains.html.