Incidence and risk factors for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Delhi region.

Incidence and risk factors for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Delhi region.

BACKGROUND: India with a major burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) does not have national level data on this hazardous disease. Since 2006, emergence of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) is considered a serious threat to global TB control. This study highlights the demographic a...

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Main Authors: Chhavi Porwal, Amit Kaushik, Nayani Makkar, Jayant N Banavaliker, Mahmud Hanif, Rupak Singla, Anuj K Bhatnagar, Digambar Behera, Jitendra Nath Pande, Urvashi B Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3563594?pdf=render

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