World TB Day 2016: an interview with leading experts in tuberculosis research
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World TB Day 2016: an interview with leading experts in tuberculosis research
In this interview, we talk to leading tuberculosis (TB) experts from University College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine about the current challenges in TB research. The video of this interview is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75Die7MQBec&feature=youtu.be . The video can also be downloaded via Additional file 1.
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1741-7015
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0591-9