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

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

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 KwaZu...

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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
XDR TB
MDR TB
outbreak
South Africa
incidence
tuberculosis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/10/10-0952_article

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