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



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R. Duarte, A. Carvalho, F. Calvário, H. Barros (Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal). Tuberculin skin test and IFN-γ assay in contact tracing. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 498

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