XDR-TB in South Africa: No Time for Denial or Complacency

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.

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Veröffentlicht in:PLoS medicine Jg. 4; H. 1; S. e50
Hauptverfasser: Singh, Jerome Amir, Upshur, Ross, Padayatchi, Nesri
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: United States Public Library of Science 01.01.2007
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Schlagworte:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - epidemiology
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - prevention & control
Analysis
Disease control
Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control
Distribution
Drug resistance
Epidemics
Global health
Health Policy
HIV
HIV Infection/AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human rights
Human Rights - legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
Non-Clinical Medicine
Patient Isolation - legislation & jurisprudence
Policy Forum
Public Health
Public Health - legislation & jurisprudence
Public Health and Epidemiology
Respiratory Medicine
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
South Africa - epidemiology
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - epidemiology
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - mortality
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - prevention & control
World Health Organization
South Africa
Canada
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
Public Health
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
World Health Organization
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Human Rights
Patient Isolation
South Africa
ISSN:1549-1676, 1549-1277, 1549-1676
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Zusammenfassung: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.
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ISSN:1549-1676
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DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040050