XDR-TB in South Africa: no time for denial or complacency

PLoS Med. 2007 Jan;4(1):e50. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040050.

Abstract

Singh and colleagues discuss the threat to regional and global public health posed by XDR-TB in KwaZulu-Natal, and propose new measures to control the outbreak.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / epidemiology*
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / prevention & control
  • Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control
  • Human Rights / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Humans
  • Patient Isolation / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Public Health / legislation & jurisprudence
  • South Africa / epidemiology
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / mortality
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / prevention & control
  • World Health Organization