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Letter to the Editor

Towards ending TB: civil community engagement in a rural area of Senegal: results, challenges and future proposal

Niccolò RiccardiDivision of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Via Stamira d'Ancona, 20, 20127 Milan, Italy; Correspondence[email protected]
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Riccardo AlagnaStopTB Italia Onlus, Milan, Italy; ;TB Supranational Reference Laboratory, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy;
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Ilaria MottaStopTB Italia Onlus, Milan, Italy; ;Department of Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases Unit, University of Turin, Torino, Italy;
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Maurizio FerrareseStopTB Italia Onlus, Milan, Italy; ;Regional TB Reference Centre, Villa Marelli Institute/ASST Niguarda Ca’ Granda, Milan, Italy;
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Paola CastellottiStopTB Italia Onlus, Milan, Italy; ;Regional TB Reference Centre, Villa Marelli Institute/ASST Niguarda Ca’ Granda, Milan, Italy;
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Laura Ambra NicoliniInfectious Diseases Unit, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino – IRCCS per l'Oncologia, Genoa, Italy;
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Mama Moussa DiawStopTB Italia Onlus, Milan, Italy; ;Médecin coordonnateur lutte contre la TB, Région médicale de Thiès, Thiès, Sénégal; ;Bureau Régional Immunisation et Surveillance Epidemiologique de Thiès, Thiès, Sénégal;
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Mamoudou NdiayeDistrict Sanitaire de Diofior/Département de Fatick, Diofior, Sénégal;
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Daniela CirilloStopTB Italia Onlus, Milan, Italy; ;TB Supranational Reference Laboratory, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy;
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Luigi CodecasaStopTB Italia Onlus, Milan, Italy; ;Regional TB Reference Centre, Villa Marelli Institute/ASST Niguarda Ca’ Granda, Milan, Italy;
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Giorgio BesozziStopTB Italia Onlus, Milan, Italy; ;StopTB Italia Onlus Group
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Pages 392-394 | Received 10 Jan 2019, Accepted 16 Jan 2019, Published online: 18 Feb 2019

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