Old ideas to innovate tuberculosis control: preventive treatment to achieve elimination

Roland Diel, Robert Loddenkemper, Jean-Pierre Zellweger, Giovanni Sotgiu, Lia D'Ambrosio, Rosella Centis, Marieke J. van der Werf, Masoud Dara, Anne Detjen, Peter Gondrie, Lee Reichman, Francesco Blasi, Giovanni Battista Migliori on behalf of the European Forum for TB Innovation

Source: Eur Respir J 2013; 42: 785-801
Journal Issue: September
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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