Outbreak of pre- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in northern Italy: urgency of cross-border, multidimensional, surveillance systems

Simone Villa, Elisa Tagliani, Emanuele Borroni, Paola Francesca Castellotti, Maurizio Ferrarese, Arash Ghodousi, Anna Lamberti, Sabrina Senatore, Marino Faccini, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Luigi Ruffo Codecasa

Source: Eur Respir J, 58 (3) 2100839; 10.1183/13993003.00839-2021
Journal Issue: September
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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