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Estimated tuberculosis disease episodes and tuberculosis deaths averted by active screening interventions, compared with serious adverse effects induced by preventive treatment. Coloured bars show the median estimates and the thin black bars indicate the 95% credible intervals. Numbers of tuberculosis disease episodes, tuberculosis deaths and serious adverse events were cumulated over the period 2017-50. TB, tuberculosis; LTBI, latent tuberculosis infection
