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

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, 1956- (Author), English, Rebecca A. (Author), Claiborne, Anne B. (Author)
Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (sponsoring body.), Zhongguo ke xue yuan. Wei sheng wu yan jiu suo (sponsoring body.), Global Crisis of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Leadership of the BRICS Countries : Challenges and Opportunities (Workshop)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis > Congresses.
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis > Prevention > Congresses.
Tuberculosis > Congresses.
Drug resistance > Congresses.
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Antitubercular agents.
World health.
International cooperation.
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
Antitubercular Agents
Global Health
International Cooperation
China
Congress
Conference papers and proceedings.
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