Reasons for failure to control the London-based isoniazid outbreak of tuberculosis

K. Viney, G. H. Bothamley (London, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Problems of resistance and HIV coinfection in tuberculosis
Session: Problems of resistance and HIV coinfection in tuberculosis
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 2707
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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