Estimating the prevalence of latent tuberculosis in a low-incidence setting: Australia

Katie Dorothy Dale, James McCracken Trauer, Pete J. Dodd, Rein M.G.J. Houben, Justin Timothy Denholm

Source: Eur Respir J, 52 (6) 1801218; 10.1183/13993003.01218-2018
Journal Issue: December
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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