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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

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. Since 2008, the Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation of the Institute of Med...

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Main Authors: Olson, Steve, English, Rebecca A. (Author), Claiborne, Anne B. (Author)
Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation, Institute of Medicine (U.S.), Zhongguo ke xue yuan Wei sheng wu yan jiu suo, Global Crisis of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Leadership of the BRICS Countries : Challenges and Opportunities (Workshop) (2013, Beijing, China)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. The National Academies Press 2014, [2014]
Subjects:
China
Global Health
Antitubercular Agents
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-resistant
International Cooperation
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references

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