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Heightened Vulnerability to MDR-TB Epidemics after Controlling Drug-Susceptible TB

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PLoS ONE, 5 (9): e12843+ (Sep 22, 2010)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012843

Abstract

Prior infection with one strain TB has been linked with diminished likelihood of re-infection by a new strain. This paper attempts to determine the role of declining prevalence of drug-susceptible TB in enabling future epidemics of MDR-TB.

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