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Tuberculosis in Sudan: a study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain genotype and susceptibility to anti-tuberculosis drugs.
BMC infectious diseases - 16 Aug 2011
Sharaf Eldin Ghada S, Fadl-Elmula Imad, Ali Mohammed S, Ali Ahmed B, Salih Abdel Latif Ga, Mallard Kim, Bottomley Christian, McNerney Ruth
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BACKGROUND: Sudan is a large country with a diverse population and history of civil conflict. Poverty levels are high with a gross national income per capita of less than two thousand dollars. The country has a high burden of tuberculosis (TB) with an estimated 50,000 incident cases during 2009, when the estimated prevalence was 209 cases per 100,000 of the population. Few studies have been undertaken on TB in...
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