Evidence of primary transmission of multidrug‐resistant tuberculosis in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea
- 4 February 2008
- journal article
- public health
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 188 (3) , 148-152
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01557.x
Abstract
Objective: To review patient outcomes and the molecular epidemiology of multidrug‐resistant tuberculosis (MDR‐TB) strains isolated from patients living in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea (PN...Keywords
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