The need to accelerate access to new drugs for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
AbstractApproximately half a million people are thought to develop multidrug-resistant tuberculosis annually. Barely 20% of these people currently receive recommended treatment and only about 10% are successfully treated. Poor access to treatment is probably driving the current epidemic, via ongoing...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2015-07-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862015000700012&lng=en&tlng=en |