| Title |
Epidemic Levels of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR and XDR-TB) in a High HIV Prevalence Setting in Khayelitsha, South Africa
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0013901 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Helen S. Cox, Cheryl McDermid, Virginia Azevedo, Odelia Muller, David Coetzee, John Simpson, Marinus Barnard, Gerrit Coetzee, Gilles van Cutsem, Eric Goemaere |
| Abstract |
Although multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is emerging as a significant threat to tuberculosis control in high HIV prevalence countries such as South Africa, limited data is available on the burden of drug resistant tuberculosis and any association with HIV in such settings. We conducted a community-based representative survey to assess the MDR-TB burden in Khayelitsha, an urban township in South Africa with high HIV and TB prevalence. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 272 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 260 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 52 | 19% |
| Researcher | 48 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 34 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 30 | 11% |
| Other | 18 | 7% |
| Other | 52 | 19% |
| Unknown | 38 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 114 | 42% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 21 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 17 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 16 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 15 | 6% |
| Other | 37 | 14% |
| Unknown | 52 | 19% |