Multidrug- and isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis in three high HIV burden African regions
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Sanchez-Padilla, EArdizzoni, E
Sauvageot, D
Ahoua, L
Martin, A
Varaine, F
Adatu-Engwau, F
Akeche, G
Salaniponi, F
Bonnet, M
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2013-08
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Despite major progress in the surveillance of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), data are lacking for many low-resource countries. World Health Organization estimates of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) rates in Africa are low, and based on very limited data from the African continent.PubMed ID
23827027Language
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1815-7920ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.5588/ijtld.12.0842
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