Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak in South Africa
Lancet Infect Dis
.
2019 Feb;19(2):134-135.
doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30715-1.
Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Authors
Nazir A Ismail
1
,
Kerrigan McCarthy
2
,
Francesca Conradie
3
,
Wendy Stevens
4
,
Norbert Ndjeka
5
Affiliations
1
Centre for Tuberculosis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa. Electronic address: naziri@nicd.ac.za.
2
Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.
3
National Clinical Advisory Committee and University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
4
National Priority Programmes, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
5
MDR-TB Directorate, National Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa.
PMID:
30528116
DOI:
10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30715-1
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
Disease Outbreaks
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
Humans
South Africa
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / epidemiology*