A cross-sectional study about knowledge and attitudes toward multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in a high-burden drug-resistant country

A cross-sectional study about knowledge and attitudes toward multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in a high-burden drug-resistant country

Objective/Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death worldwide, with new threats of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB. Pakistan is the fifth highest among high-burden TB countries and the fourth highest among high-burden drug-resistant-TB countries. Pak...

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Main Authors: Hasnain Javed, Zarfishan Tahir, Hafiza Jawairia Hashmi, Nazia Jamil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Subjects:
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
Interviewers
Molecular diagnosis
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2016;volume=5;issue=2;spage=128;epage=134;aulast=Javed

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http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2016;volume=5;issue=2;spage=128;epage=134;aulast=Javed

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