Non-concordance of contacts with the Leicester TB contact screening programme: Evaluation of secondary disease risk

P. Haldar, G. Woltmann (Leicester, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Global tuberculosis control
Session: Global tuberculosis control
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3156
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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P. Haldar, G. Woltmann (Leicester, United Kingdom). Non-concordance of contacts with the Leicester TB contact screening programme: Evaluation of secondary disease risk. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, 3156

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