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Disease dynamics in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis residing in a high incidence community
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Drug-resistant tuberculosis poses a threat to global tuberculosis control by the
WHO DOTS strategy. Studies in the United States and Europe have shown (i) that
drug-resistant tuberculosis is present ...
Immune responses in a community with a high incidence of tuberculosis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is estimated that about one third of the world's population is infected with
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). Of those infected, only 10 % will develop
disease of which 3-5 % will relapse ...
Childhood intra-thoracic tuberculosis : addressing the diagnostic dilemma
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Children contribute little to disease transmission and the maintenance of the tuberculosis epidemic, but they constitute a significant proportion of the total tuberculosis (TB) caseload and experience ...