Epidemiology of Primary Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Vladimir Region, Russia

We studied the epidemiology of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Vladimir Region, Russia, in 2012. Most cases of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB) were caused by transmission of drug-resistant strains, and >33% were in patients referred for testing after mass radiographic screening. Early diagnos...

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Main Authors: Ershova, Julia V., Volchenkov, Grigory V., Kaminski, Dorothy A., Somova, Tatiana R., Kuznetsova, Tatiana A., Kaunetis, Natalia V., Cegielski, J. Peter, Kurbatova, Ekaterina V.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4622259/