Research Article: Profile and Frequency of Mutations Conferring Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the Central, Southeastern and Eastern Ethiopia
Introduction:
Though curable and preventable, with an estimated . million new cases and . million deaths in , TB is still one of the main causes of death globally. DR-TB especially resistant to INH and RIF, termed as multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), poses a great threat to the public. Worldwide, , individuals were reported to have MDR-TB and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) in . Although Ethiopia achieved the End TB Strategy milestone of a % reduction in the TB incidence rate from to , it is still of the high burden…
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