Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2001-2007

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作者
Wallengren, Kristina [1 ]
Scano, Fabio [2 ]
Nunn, Paul [2 ]
Margot, Bruce [3 ]
Buthelezi, Sandile S. S. [3 ]
Williams, Brian [4 ]
Pym, Alexander [5 ]
Samuel, Elisabeth Y. [6 ]
Mirzayev, Fuad [2 ]
Nkhoma, Wilfred [7 ]
Mvusi, Lindiwe [8 ]
Pillay, Yogan [8 ]
机构
[1] Univ KwaZulu Natal, KwaZulu Natal Res Inst TB & HIV, Durban, South Africa
[2] WHO, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
[3] Dept Hlth, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
[4] S African Ctr Epidemiol Modelling & Anal, Stellenbosch, South Africa
[5] MRC, Durban, South Africa
[6] Inkosi Albert Luthuli Cent Hosp, Durban, South Africa
[7] WHO, Harare, Zimbabwe
[8] Dept Hlth, Pretoria, South Africa
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10.3201/eid1710.100952
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
In Africa, incidence and prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis have been assumed to be low. However, investigation after a 2005 outbreak of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, found that the incidence rate for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal was among the highest globally and would be higher if case-finding efforts were intensified.
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