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TB's stronghold in India: A tragedy there, and a grave concern for the rest of the world

  • Written by Jay Desai, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California

A study published recently in The Lancet has drawn the world’s attention to the specter of particularly dangerous types of tuberculosis, called multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant, in four countries. The study estimated that the percentage of multidrug-resistant TB among all cases in India, which already has the highest burden...

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