Latent tuberculosis infection among close contacts of multidrugs-resistant tuberculosis patients in eastern Taiwan

C.B. Lin, J.J. Lee, H.W. Chou (Hualien, Taipei, Taiwan)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections: epidemiology II
Session: Tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections: epidemiology II
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2684
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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