A tale of two settings: The role of the Beijing genotype in the epidemiology of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 632-635

  Stagg, Helen R ^a,b,c   Cohen, Ted ^c,d   Becerra, Mercedes C ^e   Anderson, Laura F ^b   Abubakar, Ibrahim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERU; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 84893485096     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00140513     Document Type: Letter

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