Tuberculosis in migrants from 106 countries to Italy, 2008–2014

Fattorini Lanfranco, Mustazzolu Alessandro, Borroni Emanuele, Piccaro Giovanni, Giannoni Federico, Cirillo Daniela Maria, the Italian Multicentre Study on Resistance to Antituberculosis Drugs (SMIRA) Group

Source: Eur Respir J 2016; 47: 1273-1276
Journal Issue: April
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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