Resistance to TB drugs in KwaZulu-Natal: causes and prospects for control
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1. Freehouse International Ltd., Gibraltar 2. StopTB, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 3. Department of Health, KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 4. South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, Stellenbosch, South Africa 5. Medical Research Council, Durban, South Africa 6. Academic Complex Business Unit, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, National Health Laboratory Service, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 7. World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe 8. Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa
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