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. 2014 Mar 7;9(3):e89822. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089822

Table 3. Results summary.

Base Case Intervention: Improving non-MDR treatment quality Intervention: Improving rapidity of MDR diagnosis
Average 10-year Infectious MDR TB Prevalence starting after intervention completes in (cases out of 100,000):
1997 22.4 16.0 22.5
2007 22.5 18.5 14.0
2017 25.4 22.7 15.4
2027 30.2 27.1 18.6
Percentage reduction in infectious MDR TB prevalence (compared to analogous base-case time period):
1997 NA 28.9% NA (No DOTS-Plus)
2007 NA 17.6% 38.0%
2017 NA 10.8% 39.2%
2027 NA 10.3% 38.5%

Percentage reduction in infectious MDR TB prevalence also shown graphically in Figure 5.