New-entrant screening for tuberculosis at port of entry in the U.K.: Is it time to change policy?

V. Punamiya, H. Kunst, M. Dedicoat, J. Troko (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Tuberculosis: epidemiological and public health features
Session: Tuberculosis: epidemiological and public health features
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 2868
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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