XDR-TB in South Africa: Detention is not the priority [4]

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 771-772

  Goemaere, Eric ^a   Ford, Nathan ^a   Berman, Daniel ^a   McDermid, Cheryl ^a   Cohen, Rachel ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NOTE; STANDARD;

HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT ISOLATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 34247495098     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040162     Document Type: Letter

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