Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries. Part II: strategies for containment.

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Published in Lancet Infect Dis on September 01, 2005

Authors

Iruka N Okeke1, Keith P Klugman, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Adriano G Duse, Philip Jenkins, Thomas F O'Brien, Ariel Pablos-Mendez, Ramanan Laxminarayan

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, Haverford College, Haverford, PA, USA.

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