XDR TB in South Africa - What lies ahead?
The emergence of XDR TB coupled with the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS has intensified the need to identify new treatment strategies and accelerate research into antibiotics against XDR TB before the world is faced with a global public health crisis. This article gives a short overview on the importan...
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| author | V. Thaver Gboyega A. Ogunbanjo |
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| description | The emergence of XDR TB coupled with the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS has intensified the need to identify new treatment strategies and accelerate research into antibiotics against XDR TB before the world is faced with a global public health crisis. This article gives a short overview on the important health implications of XDR-TB in South Africa. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1d773039e2d84fba98680da9f09b10be2025-08-20T03:44:02ZengAOSISSouth African Family Practice2078-61902078-62042007-12-01481010.1080/20786204.2006.10873489641XDR TB in South Africa - What lies ahead?V. Thaver0Gboyega A. Ogunbanjo1University of LimpopoUniversity of LimpopoThe emergence of XDR TB coupled with the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS has intensified the need to identify new treatment strategies and accelerate research into antibiotics against XDR TB before the world is faced with a global public health crisis. This article gives a short overview on the important health implications of XDR-TB in South Africa.https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/714extensively drug resistant tuberculosisxdr-tb |
| spellingShingle | V. Thaver Gboyega A. Ogunbanjo XDR TB in South Africa - What lies ahead? South African Family Practice extensively drug resistant tuberculosis xdr-tb |
| title | XDR TB in South Africa - What lies ahead? |
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| title_short | XDR TB in South Africa - What lies ahead? |
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| topic | extensively drug resistant tuberculosis xdr-tb |
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