Effective interventions and decline of antituberculosis drug resistance in Eastern Taiwan, 2004-2008.

BACKGROUND: The Taiwan health authority recently launched several tuberculosis (TB) control interventions, which may have an impact on the epidemic of drug-resistant TB. We conducted a population-based antituberculosis drug resistance surveillance program in Eastern Taiwan to measure the proportions...

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Main Authors: Yi-Ting Chen, Jen-Jyh Lee, Chen-Yuan Chiang, Gee-Gow Yang, Yeong-Chu Tsai, Yeong-Sheng Lee, Chih-Bin Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3285630?pdf=render