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Drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Malawi: a cross-sectional survey

Objective To document the prevalence of multidrug resistance among people newly diagnosed with - and those retreated for - tuberculosis in Malawi. Methods We conducted a nationally representative survey of people with sputum-smear-positive tuberculosis between 2010 and 2011. For all consenting parti...

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Main Authors:	Michael Abouyannis (Author), Russell Dacombe (Author), Isaias Dambe (Author), James Mpunga (Author), Brian Faragher (Author), Francis Gausi (Author), Henry Ndhlovu (Author), Chifundo Kachiza (Author), Pedro Suarez (Author), Catherine Mundy (Author), Hastings T Banda (Author), Ishmael Nyasulu (Author), S Bertel Squire (Author)
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Published:	The World Health Organization, 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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