Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Tuberculosis contact screening
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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A. Strassburg, B. Krummel, M. Ernst, N. Reiling, B. Eker, H. Rath, W. Wappler, A. Glaewe, R. Hoertser, V. Schöllhorn, C. Lange (Borstel, Lübeck, Straßberg, Germany). Low frequency of mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) transmission among close contacts of a highly symptomatic index case. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 482

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