How to conduct a screening of tuberculosis in children with a household contact

B. Hamdi (Ariana, Tunisia), I. Moussa (Ariana, Tunisia), S. Louhaichi (Ariana, Tunisia), I. Khalfallah (Ariana, Tunisia), N. Mbarek (Ariana, Tunisia), M. Zoghlami (Ariana, Tunisia), J. Ammar (Ariana, Tunisia), A. Hamzaoui (Ariana, Tunisia)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Paediatric tuberculosis
Session: Paediatric tuberculosis
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3635
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases, Respiratory infections

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