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Epidemiology of Primary Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Vladimir Region, Russia

Julia Ershova, Grigory Volchenkov, Dorothy Kaminski, Tatiana R. Somova, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Natalia V. Kaunetis, J. Peter Cegielski, Ekaterina V. Kurbatova

Emerging infectious diseases · 2015 · 14 citations · 5 references

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We studied the epidemiology of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Vladimir Region, Russia, in 2012. Most cases of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB) were caused by transmission of drug-resistant strains, and >33% were in patients referred for testing after mass radiographic screening. Early diagnosis of drug resistance is essential for preventing transmission of MDR TB.

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