Detection of active TB among people living with HIV/AIDS and vulnerable population groups (commercial sex workers and injecting drug users)

A. Solovyova, A. Golubkov, E. Borzunova, A. Chernov (Tomsk, Russian Federation; Boston, United States Of America)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Tuberculosis in special populations
Session: Tuberculosis in special populations
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 4897
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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