Increased incidence of TB disease within the health-care workers in an intermediate TB burden country

H. Chu, Y. T. Chen (Taipei, Taiwan)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Tuberculosis: epidemiology and public health
Session: Tuberculosis: epidemiology and public health
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 1438
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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H. Chu, Y. T. Chen (Taipei, Taiwan). Increased incidence of TB disease within the health-care workers in an intermediate TB burden country. Eur Respir J 2014; 44: Suppl. 58, 1438

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