Towards the elimination of paediatric tuberculosis in high-income, immigrant-receiving countries: a 25-year conventional and molecular epidemiological case study

Vivek Dhawan, Jennifer Bown, Angela Lau, Deanne Langlois-Klassen, Dennis Kunimoto, Ravi Bhargava, Linda Chui, Simon M. Collin, Richard Long

Source: ERJ Open Res, 4 (2) 00131-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00131-2017
Journal Issue: April
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases, Respiratory infections

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