Within-subject variability of tuberculosis immune responses in health care workers

F. C. Ringshausen, H. Knoop, S. Schlösser, G. Schultze-Werninghaus, G. Rohde, A. Nienhaus (Hamburg, Bochum, Germany; Maastricht, Netherlands)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Risk assessment for tuberculosis
Session: Risk assessment for tuberculosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2649
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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