Incidence and Geographic Distribution of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

South Africa is experiencing a widespread drug-resistant tuberculosis epidemic, although data are limited regarding the current situation. This study finds that the extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) incidence in KwaZulu-Natal increased to 3.5 cases/100,000 (776 cases) in 2011-2012. XD...

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Autores principales: Lim, Jennifer R., Gandhi, Neel R., Mthiyane, Thuli, Mlisana, Koleka, Moodley, Julie, Jaglal, Prenika, Ramdin, Neeshan, Brust, James C. M., Ismail, Nazir, Rustomjee, Roxana, Shah, N. Sarita
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4493033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26147963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132076
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author Lim, Jennifer R.
Gandhi, Neel R.
Mthiyane, Thuli
Mlisana, Koleka
Moodley, Julie
Jaglal, Prenika
Ramdin, Neeshan
Brust, James C. M.
Ismail, Nazir
Rustomjee, Roxana
Shah, N. Sarita
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Gandhi, Neel R.
Mthiyane, Thuli
Mlisana, Koleka
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Jaglal, Prenika
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description South Africa is experiencing a widespread drug-resistant tuberculosis epidemic, although data are limited regarding the current situation. This study finds that the extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) incidence in KwaZulu-Natal increased to 3.5 cases/100,000 (776 cases) in 2011-2012. XDR-TB cases are widely distributed geographically, with the majority of districts experiencing a rise in incidence.
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spelling pubmed-44930332015-07-15 Incidence and Geographic Distribution of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa Lim, Jennifer R. Gandhi, Neel R. Mthiyane, Thuli Mlisana, Koleka Moodley, Julie Jaglal, Prenika Ramdin, Neeshan Brust, James C. M. Ismail, Nazir Rustomjee, Roxana Shah, N. Sarita PLoS One Research Article South Africa is experiencing a widespread drug-resistant tuberculosis epidemic, although data are limited regarding the current situation. This study finds that the extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) incidence in KwaZulu-Natal increased to 3.5 cases/100,000 (776 cases) in 2011-2012. XDR-TB cases are widely distributed geographically, with the majority of districts experiencing a rise in incidence. Public Library of Science 2015-07-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4493033/ /pubmed/26147963 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132076 Text en © 2015 Lim et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Lim, Jennifer R.
Gandhi, Neel R.
Mthiyane, Thuli
Mlisana, Koleka
Moodley, Julie
Jaglal, Prenika
Ramdin, Neeshan
Brust, James C. M.
Ismail, Nazir
Rustomjee, Roxana
Shah, N. Sarita
Incidence and Geographic Distribution of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
title Incidence and Geographic Distribution of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
title_full Incidence and Geographic Distribution of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
title_fullStr Incidence and Geographic Distribution of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Incidence and Geographic Distribution of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
title_short Incidence and Geographic Distribution of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
title_sort incidence and geographic distribution of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in kwazulu-natal province, south africa
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4493033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26147963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132076
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