Screening for tuberculosis by sputum culture among risk groups in a TB low- incidence country

S. G. Jensen, N. W. Olsen, N. Seersholm, T. Wilcke, T. Lillebæk, A. Kok-Jensen (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Tuberculosis epidemiology: novel features
Session: Tuberculosis epidemiology: novel features
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 1696
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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