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

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 KwaZu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2011-10, Vol.17 (10), p.1913-1916
Hauptverfasser:	Wallengren, Kristina, Scano, Fabio, Nunn, Paul, Margot, Bruce, Buthelezi, Sandile S S, Williams, Brian, Pym, Alexander, Samuel, Elisabeth Y, Mirzayev, Fuad, Nkhoma, Wilfred, Mvusi, Lindiwe, Pillay, Yogan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Drug resistance in microorganisms Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - epidemiology Humans Incidence MDR TB outbreak Prevalence South Africa South Africa - epidemiology Surveys Tuberculosis XDR TB
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1710.100952