A peer reviewed article in the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases reporting on Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance surveillance in Ghana. Notes that the directly observed treatment strategy, DOTS, has been implemented in Ghana since 1994, and reports treatment performance figures including a 2003 cure rate above 50 percent and a 2003 tuberculosis incidence of 281 per 100,000 population, as recorded in the National Tuberculosis Programme 2003 report.
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PublisherCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases
URLhttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/7/05-1028_article
Source TypeAcademic History
Reliability Tier1
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Drug Resistance, Ghana (CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases)
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