Tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea: from yesterday until today.

Ley SD; Riley I; Beck HP

doi:10.1016/j.micinf.2014.06.012

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Tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea: from yesterday until today.

Ley SD Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Petersgraben 2, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland; Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka EHP, Papua New Guinea.
Riley I School of Population Health, University of Queensland, School of Population Health Building, Herston Road, Herston Qld 4006, Australia.
Beck HP Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Petersgraben 2, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: hans-peter.beck@unibas.ch.

2014-07-16

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Microbes and infection. - 2014

English Little is known about the situation of tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea despite its high TB burden, emerging drug resistance and rising HIV co-infection. This review gives an overview on the current situation of TB in PNG and identifies knowledge gaps that should urgently be addressed in the future.

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