Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2001–2007

نویسندگان

  • Kristina Wallengren
  • Fabio Scano
  • Paul Nunn
  • Bruce Margot
  • Sandile S.S. Buthelezi
  • Brian Williams
  • Alexander Pym
  • Elisabeth Y. Samuel
  • Fuad Mirzayev
  • Wilfred Nkhoma
  • Lindiwe Mvusi
  • Yogan Pillay
چکیده

In Africa, incidence and prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis have been assumed to be low. However, investigation after a 2005 outbreak of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, found that the incidence rate for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal was among the highest globally and would be higher if case-finding efforts were intensified.

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عنوان ژورنال:

دوره 17  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011