Drug-Resistant tuberculosis, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2001-2007

In Africa, incidence and prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis have been assumed to be low. However, investigation after a 2005 outbreak of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, found that the incidence rate for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZu...

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 17; no. 10; pp. 1913 - 1916
Main Authors Wallengren, Kristina, Scano, Fabio, Nunn, Paul, Margot, Bruce, Buthelezi, Sandile S S, Williams, Brian, Pym, Alexander, Samuel, Elisabeth Y, Mirzayev, Fuad, Nkhoma, Wilfred, Mvusi, Lindiwe, Pillay, Yogan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.10.2011
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
MDR TB
outbreak
Prevalence
South Africa
South Africa - epidemiology
Surveys
Tuberculosis
XDR TB
South Africa
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Summary:In Africa, incidence and prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis have been assumed to be low. However, investigation after a 2005 outbreak of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, found that the incidence rate for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal was among the highest globally and would be higher if case-finding efforts were intensified.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1710.100952