Epidemiology of antituberculosis drug resistance 2002-07: an updated analysis of the Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance.

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Published in Lancet on April 15, 2009

Authors

Abigail Wright1, Matteo Zignol, Armand Van Deun, Dennis Falzon, Sabine Ruesch Gerdes, Knut Feldman, Sven Hoffner, Francis Drobniewski, Lucia Barrera, Dick van Soolingen, Fadila Boulabhal, C N Paramasivan, Kai Man Kam, Satoshi Mitarai, Paul Nunn, Mario Raviglione, Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance

Author Affiliations

1: Stop TB Department, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. wrighta@who.int

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