DOTS-Plus
Defined in 1 dictionary — U.S. Code
United States Code
22 U.S.C. § 2151B — in this section
The term “DOTS-Plus” means a comprehensive tuberculosis management strategy that is built upon and works as a supplement to the standard DOTS strategy, and which takes into account specific issues (such as use of second line anti-tuberculosis drugs) that need to be addressed in areas where there is high prevalence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.