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Editorial

Tuberculosis in public ground transport – is there enough evidence to justify contact tracing?

Oliver MohrDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Susanne Barbara SchinkDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
,
Tim EckmannsDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
&
Gérard KrauseDepartment of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
Pages 1-3 | Published online: 25 Nov 2014

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