XDR-TB in South Africa: No Time for Denial or Complacency
Open Access
- 23 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 4 (1) , e50
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040050
Abstract
Singh and colleagues discuss the threat to regional and global public health posed by XDR-TB in KwaZulu-Natal, and propose new measures to control the outbreak.Keywords
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