Notified or missed cases? An assessment of successful linkage for referred tuberculosis patients in South India

Ramesh Chand Chauhan (Puducherry, India), Ramesh Chand Chauhan, Anil Jacob Purty

Source: International Congress 2015 – Case series and clinical conundrums in TB
Session: Case series and clinical conundrums in TB
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2770
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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