Improving access to tuberculosis preventive therapy and treatment for children
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Two commentaries on ‘Impact of tuberculosis preventive therapy on tuberculosis and mortality in HIV-infected children’
Hoosen Coovadia,1,2 Ruth M. Bland3,4* and Tony Walls5** 1Victor Daitz Professor of HIV/AIDS Research, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa 2Director HIV Management, Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit, Durban Branch, University of the Witwatersrand 3Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of kwaZulu-Natal, Somkhele, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 4Division of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Residência Pediátrica
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2236-6814
DOI: 10.25060/residpediatr-2017.v7s1-09