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Evaluating 17 years of latent tuberculosis infection screening in north-west England: a retrospective cohort study of reactivation

Approximately 72% of tuberculosis (TB) cases in England occur among non-UK born individuals, mostly as a result of reactivation of latent TB infection (LTBI). Programmatic LTBI screening is a key intervention of the TB strategy for England. This article reviews the results of a long-standing LTBI sc...

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Autores principales: Zenner, Dominik, Loutet, Miranda G., Harris, Ross, Wilson, Stephen, Ormerod, L. Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5540676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28751410
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02505-2016