Advancing global programmatic management of latent tuberculosis infection for at risk populations.

نویسندگان

  • Haileyesus Getahun
  • Alberto Matteelli
  • Ibrahim Abubakar
  • Barbara Hauer
  • Emanuele Pontali
  • Giovanni Battista Migliori
چکیده

Affiliations: Global TB Programme, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland. WHO Collaborating Centre for TB/HIV and TB Elimination, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy. MRC Clinical Trials Unit and Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, UCL, London, UK. Respiratory Infections Unit, Dept for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany. Dept of Infectious Diseases Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy. WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italy.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The European respiratory journal

دوره 47 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016