XDR-TB in South Africa: No Time for Denial or Complacency

Jerome Amir Singh; Ross Upshur; Nesri Padayatchi

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040050

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XDR-TB in South Africa: No Time for Denial or Complacency

Jerome Amir Singh ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: singhj9@ukzn.ac.za
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Ross Upshur,
Nesri Padayatchi

XDR-TB in South Africa: No Time for Denial or Complacency

Jerome Amir Singh,
Ross Upshur,
Nesri Padayatchi

Published: January 23, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040050

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