Title Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in the world : fourth global report : the World Health Organization/International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (WHO/UNION) Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance, 2002-2007 / [written by Abigail Wright, Matteo Zignol]

Published Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (151 pages) : color illustrations, color maps Contents Definitions of drug resistance -- Survey areas and sampling strategies -- Collection of data -- Statistical procedures -- data collection, entry, checking and cleaning -- Phase 4 of the global project 2002-2007 -- Data reported to the global project 1994-2007, and estimated global and regional means of resistance -- Global estimates of multidrug-resistant TB Summary Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has been recorded at the highest rates ever, according to this new report that presents findings from the largest survey to date on the scale of drug resistance in tuberculosis. This fourth global report is based on information collected between 2002 and 2006 on 90,000 TB patients in 81countries. It also found that extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), a virtually untreatable form of therespiratory disease, has been recorded in 45 countries. The primary aim of this report is to share survey and surveillance data on drug resistance in TB. The Notes "WHO/HTM/TB/2008.394." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-100) Notes Print version record Subject Tuberculosis -- Prevention -- Statistics Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis -- Statistics Drug resistance -- Statistics Drug resistance in microorganisms. Tuberculosis. Statistics -- Methodology Drug Resistance, Bacterial Tuberculosis, Pulmonary Data Collection Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant -- epidemiology Tuberculosis, Pulmonary -- epidemiology Tuberculosis Data Collection -- methods MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine. MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine. MEDICAL -- Public Health. Tuberculosis Drug resistance in microorganisms Drug resistance Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis Tuberculosis -- Prevention Genre/Form Statistics Statistics. Statistiques. Form Electronic book Author Zignol, Matteo WHO/IUATLD Global Project on Anti-tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance. ISBN 9789240683570 9240683577 9789241563611 9241563613

Other Titles Subtitle on cover: WHO/IUATLD Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance, 2002-2007

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