The movement of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis across borders in East Africa needs a regional and global solution.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 25710472.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001791 and PMC identifier 4339836.
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Abstract
Kevin Cain and colleagues reflect on the cross border movement of people from Somalia with MDR-TB and the implications for MDR-TB programs in East Africa.
Medical subject headings
- Antitubercular Agents
- Emigration and Immigration
- Epidemics
- Health Services Needs and Demand
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary