Open AccessThe Growing Problem of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in North Korea
Author(s) -
Kwonjune J. Seung,
Stephen W. Linton
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001486
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , extensively drug resistant tuberculosis , multiple drug resistance , family medicine , environmental health , virology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , drug resistance , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology
Kwonjune Seung and Stephen Linton from the non-governmental organization EugeneBell discuss the worryingly high levels of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis they have observed in North Korea's tuberculosis sanatoria. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary
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