Challenges to effective control of tuberculosis and drug resistance in African countries
| dc.contributor.author | Rigouts, Leen | |
| dc.contributor.author | Portaels, Francois | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-14T11:16:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-06-14T11:16:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.description.abstract | English: Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) appeared soon after the introduction of chemotherapy and is considered a man-made phenomenon. Despite the efficacy of short course chemotherapy, which includes a cocktail of drugs and has been generally recommended since the 1960s, increasing numbers of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) cases were reported worldwide in the early 1990s. In the WHO’s 2004 report on surveillance of drug-resistant TB, MDRTB is reported from over 100 countries. Although little data is available on drug-resistant TB in Africa, this paper presents an overview of the current situation on the African continent, which is severely affected by the TB epidemic. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | Dutch: Kort na het invoeren van chemotherapie voor de behandeling van tuberculose (TB) trad resistentie op tegen de gebruikte anti-TB middelen. Ondanks de doeltreffendheid van de korte behandeling die bestaat uit een cocktail van middelen en werd aange- raden vanaf de jaren 1960, kwamen er een toenemend aantal gevallen van multi- resistente TB (MDRTB) in het begin van de jaren ’90. In het WHO 2004 jaarrapport over de surveillance van resistente TB, werd MDRTB geregistreerd in meer dan 100 landen. Hoewel weinig gegevens bekend zijn over resistente TB in Africa, geeft dit artikel een overzicht van de huidige situatie rond de resistentie in het Afrikaanse con- tinent dat erg getroffen is door de TB epidemie. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Rigouts, L., & Portaels, F. (2005). Challenges to effective control of tuberculosis and drug resistance in African countries. Acta Academica, (Supplement 1), 56-81. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0587 - 2405 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2415 - 0479 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11660/9788 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Tuberculosis control | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Challenges | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Drug resistance | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Challenges to effective control of tuberculosis and drug resistance in African countries | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |