Transmission pattern of drug-resistant tuberculosis and its implication for tuberculosis control in eastern rural China.

OBJECTIVE: Transmission patterns of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) may be influenced by differences in socio-demographics, local tuberculosis (TB) endemicity and efficaciousness of TB control programs. This study aimed to investigate the impact of DOTS on the transmission of drug-re...

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Main Authors: Yi Hu, Barun Mathema, Weili Jiang, Barry Kreiswirth, Weibing Wang, Biao Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3093389?pdf=render