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Multidrug and extensively drug-resistant TB (M/XDR-TB): 2010 global report on surveillance and response

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1st Author : World Health Organisation
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Publisher: World Health Organisation
Publication Date: 3/2010
ISBN: 9789241599191
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Summary This new report on anti-tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance by the World Health Organisation (WHO) updates Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in the world: Report No. 4 published by WHO in 2008. It summarises the latest data and provides latest estimates of the global epidemic of multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB). For the first time, this report includes an assessment of the progress countries are making to diagnose and treat MDR-TB cases.
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Publication Webpage http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2010/9789241599191_eng.pdf
   
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