| Title | Prevention of nosocomial transmission of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in rural South African district hospitals: an epidemiological modelling study. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2007 |
| Authors | Basu, Sanjay, Jason R. Andrews, Eric M. Poolman, Neel R. Gandhi, Sarita N. Shah, Anthony Moll, Prashini Moodley, Alison P. Galvani, and Gerald H. Friedland |
| Journal | Lancet |
| Volume | 370 |
| Issue | 9597 |
| Pagination | 1500-7 |
| Date Published | 2007 Oct 27 |
| ISSN | 1474-547X |
| Keywords | Cross Infection, Hospitals, District, Humans, Models, Theoretical, Rural Health, South Africa, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant |
| Abstract | Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis has spread among hospitalised patients in South Africa, but the epidemic-level effect of hospital-based infection control strategies remains unknown. We modelled the plausible effect of rapidly available infection control strategies on the overall course of the XDR tuberculosis epidemic in a rural area of South Africa. |
| DOI | 10.3109/00952990.2011.568081 |
| Alternate Journal | Lancet |
