Strengthened tuberculosis control programme and trend of multidrug resistant tuberculosis rate in Osaka City, Japan
Osaka City has the highest tuberculosis (TB) notification rates in Japan. In the period 1999–2003, the TB control programme was strengthened, and the Stop TB Strategy was implemented to reduce the number of notified cases. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of these control activit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific
2013-02-01
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| Series: | Western Pacific Surveillance and Response |
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| Online Access: | http://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/185/234 |