The movement of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis across borders in East Africa needs a regional and global solution.

Authors :: Cain KP
Marano N
Kamene M
Sitienei J
Mukherjee S
Galev A
Burton J
Nasibov O
Kioko J
De Cock KM
Source :: PLoS medicine [PLoS Med] 2015 Feb 24; Vol. 12 (2), pp. e1001791. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Feb 24 (Print Publication: 2015).
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: Kevin Cain and colleagues reflect on the cross border movement of people from Somalia with MDR-TB and the implications for MDR-TB programs in East Africa.

Subjects :: Africa, Eastern epidemiology
Humans
Refugees
Somalia epidemiology
Antitubercular Agents
Emigration and Immigration
Epidemics
Health Services Needs and Demand
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant epidemiology
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant microbiology
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant therapy
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary epidemiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary microbiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary therapy

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