Global tuberculosis prevention: should we start from the beginning?

Giovanni Sotgiu, Delia Goletti, Alberto Matteelli

Source: Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1901394; 10.1183/13993003.01394-2019
Journal Issue: September
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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