Best approaches to drug-resistance surveillance at the country level

In 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to include the endorsed rapid molecular technologies (Xpert MTB/RIF, line probe assays) into surveillance systems and surveys allowed the testing of more tuberculosis (TB) patients for drug resistance at country level than ever before. The...

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Published in:	International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Main Authors:	A M Cabibbe, D M Cirillo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Subjects:	Mycobacterium tuberculosis Drug-resistance tuberculosis Surveillance Molecular tests Whole genome sequencing
Online Access:	http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2016;volume=5;issue=5;spage=40;epage=41;aulast=Cabibbe