Installing biosafety level 3 containment laboratories in low- and middle-income countries: challenges and prospects from Mali's experience

In Mali, the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is estimated at 56 cases per 100 000 people, with a prevalence of multidrug-resistant TB in new cases of 1.7% (range, 0.3–3.1%) and in retreatment cases of 17% (range, 4.4–30%). Appropriate biosafety conditions for performing routine TB culture and antimic...

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Main Authors: B. Kouriba, O. Ouwe Missi Oukem-Boyer, B. Traoré, A. Touré, L. Raskine, F.X. Babin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297518300465