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Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Travelers: Is There a Role for Screening Using Interferon-Gamma Release Assays?

✍ Scribed by Paul R. Ingram; Dale A. Fisher; Annelies Wilder-Smith

Book ID: 111279976
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 119 KB
Volume: 16
Category: Article
ISSN: 1195-1982
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00315.x

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