Abigail Wright

Summary

Affiliation: World Health Organization
Country: Switzerland

Publications

  1. ncbi Epidemiology of antituberculosis drug resistance 2002-07: an updated analysis of the Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance
    Abigail Wright
    Stop TB Department, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
    Lancet 373:1861-73. 2009
  2. ncbi Epidemiology of antituberculosis drug resistance (the Global Project on Anti-tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance): an updated analysis
    Mohamed Abdel Aziz
    Stop TB Department, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
    Lancet 368:2142-54. 2006
  3. ncbi Patients with previously treated tuberculosis no longer neglected
    Matteo Zignol
    Stop TB Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, CH 1211, Switzerland
    Clin Infect Dis 44:61-4. 2007
  4. ncbi Global incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
    Matteo Zignol
    Stop TB Department, World Health Organization, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
    J Infect Dis 194:479-85. 2006
  5. ncbi Tb drug resistance: is it really a threat to Africa?
    Paul Nunn
    World Health Organization, Stop TB Department, Avenue Appia 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
    Ethiop Med J 45:399-404. 2007
  6. ncbi The World Health Organization/International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Global Project on Surveillance for Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance: a model for other infectious diseases
    Mohamed Abdel Aziz
    Stop TB Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Clin Infect Dis 41:S258-62. 2005

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi Epidemiology of antituberculosis drug resistance 2002-07: an updated analysis of the Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance
    Abigail Wright
    Stop TB Department, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
    Lancet 373:1861-73. 2009
    ..The Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance has been gathering data since 1994. This study provides the latest data on the extent of drug resistance worldwide...
  2. ncbi Epidemiology of antituberculosis drug resistance (the Global Project on Anti-tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance): an updated analysis
    Mohamed Abdel Aziz
    Stop TB Department, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
    Lancet 368:2142-54. 2006
    ..Gaps in coverage of the Global Project are substantial, and baseline information is urgently required from several countries with high tuberculosis burden to develop appropriate control interventions...
  3. ncbi Patients with previously treated tuberculosis no longer neglected
    Matteo Zignol
    Stop TB Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, CH 1211, Switzerland
    Clin Infect Dis 44:61-4. 2007
    ..Previously treated patients are difficult to re-treat and represent an important source of disease transmission, as well as a serious threat to TB control worldwide, because of their higher rate of drug resistance...
  4. ncbi Global incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
    Matteo Zignol
    Stop TB Department, World Health Organization, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
    J Infect Dis 194:479-85. 2006
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  5. ncbi Tb drug resistance: is it really a threat to Africa?
    Paul Nunn
    World Health Organization, Stop TB Department, Avenue Appia 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
    Ethiop Med J 45:399-404. 2007
    ..This paper analyses the threat of TB drug resistance to health and to TB control in Africa, and puts forward measures to diminish this threat...
  6. ncbi The World Health Organization/International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Global Project on Surveillance for Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance: a model for other infectious diseases
    Mohamed Abdel Aziz
    Stop TB Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Clin Infect Dis 41:S258-62. 2005
    ..New diagnostic tools and drugs are needed to expedite early detection and cure of multiresistant strains...