A hospital-based study of tuberculosis in a city of a developing country

W. A. Gadalla, K. M. Darwish (Assiut, Egypt)

Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Epidemiological aspects of lung tumors and infections including tuberculosis
Session: Epidemiological aspects of lung tumors and infections including tuberculosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2652
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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