Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Zhejiang Province, China, 1999–2008

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Wang, Xiaomeng ; Fu, Qian ; Li, Zhijun ; Chen, Songhua ; Liu, Zhengwei ; Nelson, Hugh ; Yang, Qun ; Jia, Zhongwei ; Dye, Christopher
• Description:
  To evaluate levels and trends in drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Zhejiang Province, China, we conducted 1 survey in each of 3 years (1999, 2004, and 2008). We found that <5% of new cases were multidrug-resistant TB. The prevalence of multidrug-resistant TB has not increased in new or re-treated cases in this province.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Antitubercular Agents Child Child, Preschool Dispatch Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Middle Aged Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Prevalence Risk Factors Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(3):496-498.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1d6432dc2b150d0fbe63c49849881cdc5aac0bbf56b0eb1c09b95c0ada5ad1bf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23816/cdc_23816_DS1.pdf
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