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The Global Crisis of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Leadership of China and the BRICS

The Global Crisis of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Leadership of China and the BRICS Challenges and Opportunities : Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine and the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Publisher's Synopsis

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin, the two most effective first-line anti-TB drugs, originally developed and introduced in the 1950 and 1960s. This book presents the summary of a workshop convened to address the current status of drug-resistant TB globally and in China.

Book information

ISBN: 9780309285964
Publisher: National Academies Press
Imprint: National Academies Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 362.196995
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Weight: 363g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 15mm