Patients journey with tuberculosis from a low prevalence county in United Kingdom

J. Agbetile, S. Hussain (Kettering, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis II
Session: Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis II
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2463
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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