Mandatory tuberculosis case notification in high tuberculosis-incidence countries: policy and practice

Mukund Uplekar, Sachin Atre, William A. Wells, Diana Weil, Rafael Lopez, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Mario Raviglione

Source: Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1571-1581
Journal Issue: December
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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