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Review
. 2017 Sep 5:358:j3545.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.j3545.

Drug resistance in malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV in South East Asia: biology, programme, and policy considerations

Samiran Panda  1 , Soumya Swaminathan  2 , Khurshid A Hyder  3 , Eva-Maria Christophel  3 , Razia N Pendse  4 , Achuthan N Sreenivas  5 , Setiwan J Laksono  6 , Rahul Srivastava  3 , Gopinath B Nair  3 , Tjandra Y Aditama  3 , Pratap Singhasivanon  7 , Arun B Thapa  3 , Swarup K Sarkar  8
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Review

Drug resistance in malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV in South East Asia: biology, programme, and policy considerations

Samiran Panda et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV present unique challenges in the control of antimicrobial resistance, and require targeted policies, say Samiran Panda and colleagues

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Competing interest: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

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Fig 1 Confirmed cases of rifampicin resistant or multidrug resistant tuberculosis in the WHO South East Asia region, 2005-14
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