High risk of tuberculosis in health care workers in Romania

A. Sorete Arbore, G. Sotgiu, V. Cojocariu, G. Ferrara, D. M. Cirillo, A. Matteelli, P. Castiglia, L. Ditiu, T. Mihaescu, G. B. Migliori (Iasi, Bucharest, Romania; Sassari, Modena, Milan, Brescia, Tradate, Italy)

Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis
Session: Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 3550
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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