Annual risk of tuberculosis infection and predictors of tuberculin skin positivity in Hellenic Air Force recruits

G. Vlachou, I. Gerogianni, V. Skoufaras, K. Gourgoulianis (Athens, Larissa, Greece)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Clinical tuberculosis
Session: Clinical tuberculosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3176
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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