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Emergence and Spread of Extensively and Totally Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, South Africa

Marisa Klopper, Robin M. Warren, Cindy Hayes, Nicolaas C. Gey van Pittius, Elizabeth M. Streicher, Borna Müller, Frederick A. Sirgel, Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni, E. Hoosain, Gerrit Coetzee,

Emerging infectious diseases · 2013 · 211 citations · 27 references

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CITATION: Klopper, M. et al. 2013. Emergence and spread of extensively and totally drug-resistant tuberculosis, South Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 19(3):449-455, doi:10.3201/eid1903.120246.

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