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dc.contributor.authorMeya, David. B
dc.contributor.authorMcAdam, K. P. W. J
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-31T10:09:15Z
dc.date.available2012-01-31T10:09:15Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.citationMeya, D., McAdam, K. P. W. J. (2007). The TB pandemic: an old problem seeking new solutions. Journal of Internal Medicine, 261en_US
dc.identifier.issn0954-6820
dc.identifier.uridoi: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2007.01795.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/365
dc.description.abstractTuberculosis (TB) continues to kill more than 2 million people globally each year. Annual TB case notification rates have risen up to fourfold since the mid-1980s, with the highest rate of 1000/100 000 around Cape Town, South Africa. There is an urgent need for novel diagnostic methods and preventive vaccines to control this epidemic. The rising incidence of TB has been attributed to HIV co-infection especially in developing countries. The threat of drug resistance arising from ineffective TB treatment programmes is looming and could potentially lead to loss of any gains made in controlling the disease globally.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBlackwellen_US
dc.subjectDiagnosisen_US
dc.subjectDrug resistanceen_US
dc.subjectTreatmenten_US
dc.subjectVaccinesen_US
dc.subjectTuberculosisen_US
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSen_US
dc.subjectMycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)en_US
dc.subjectHighly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)en_US
dc.subjectAntiretroviral therapyen_US
dc.titleThe TB pandemic: an old problem seeking new solutionsen_US
dc.typeJournal article, peer revieweden_US


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