European recommendations on surveillance of antituberculosis drug resistance

V Schwoebel; C S B Lambregts; M. L. Moro; F Drobniewski; S. E. Hoffner; M. C. Raviglione; H. L. Rieder; the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD)

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European recommendations on surveillance of antituberculosis drug resistance
V Schwoebel¹ , C S B Lambregts² , M. L. Moro³ , F Drobniewski⁴ , S. E. Hoffner⁵ , M. C. Raviglione⁶ , H. L. Rieder⁷ , the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD)
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Affiliations: ¹ Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Saint-Maurice, France ² Royal Netherlands Tuberculosis Association, The Hague, The Netherlands ³ Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy ⁴ Public Health Laboratory Service, London, United Kingdom ⁵ Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden ⁶ World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. ⁷ International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France

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Citation style for this article: Schwoebel V, Lambregts C S B, Moro M. L., Drobniewski F, Hoffner S. E., Raviglione M. C., Rieder H. L., the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD). European recommendations on surveillance of antituberculosis drug resistance. Euro Surveill. 2000;5(10):pii=33. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.05.10.00033-en

Abstract

Antituberculosis drug resistance, whose extent in Europe is not well documented, is a serious threat to tuberculosis control. The aim of the recent European recommendations on antituberculosis drug resistance surveillance, issued by a working group compos