Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, Somalia, 2010-2011.

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Published in Emerg Infect Dis on March 01, 2013

Authors

Ireneaus Sindani1, Christopher Fitzpatrick, Dennis Falzon, Bashir Suleiman, Peter Arube, Ismail Adam, Samiha Baghdadi, Amal Bassili, Matteo Zignol

Author Affiliations

1: World Health Organization, Nairobi, Kenya.

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