Silent epidemic of silicotuberculosis in India and emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis?

Objectives: India's projected silica-dust-exposed workers will be 52 million at the end of 2025. The elimination of tuberculosis (TB) is also targeted in India by 2025. Scientists in India have already pointed out that unless silicosis is controlled, the said elimination will be difficult to ac...

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Published in:	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Main Authors:	Dharmendra Singh, Bidisa Sarkar, Saurabh Yadav, Kamalesh Sarkar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2024-09-01
Subjects:	Emergence of TB Silicotuberculosis Sub-radiological silicosis TB elimination MDR-TB Silent epidemic
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716524001000