Source: International Congress 2018 – Tuberculosis transmission and screening strategies
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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J. Yung (London, United Kingdom), G. Isbister (London, United Kingdom), T. Mason (London, United Kingdom), S. Abiona (London, United Kingdom), M. Dall’Antonia (London, United Kingdom), M. Belton (London, United Kingdom). Introduction of a Latent TB infection (LTBI) screening programme detects cases of active tuberculosis and hepatitis B and C. 5265

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