Muvwimi,Mweemba Wilfred.

Assessment of extremely drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) prevalence among multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases in Zambia using Geno type MTBDR Assay/ Wilfred Mweemba Muvwimi. - Lusaka: University of Zambia, 2016. - ix, 29p.: ill.



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Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health problem that claims millions of lives every year. The emergence of drug resistant tuberculosis has been recognised as the major threat to the control of TB. The first most important drug resistant TB is the multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The aim of this study was to assess the extremely drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR- TB) prevalence among multi drug resistant tuberculosis cases in Zambia.


Tuberculosis.