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Screening of immigrants in the UK for latent tuberculosis

Ruth McNerney Department of Pathogen Molecular Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, UK. [email protected]; Department of Pathogen Molecular Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, UK. [email protected]
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Giovanni Ferrara Section of Respiratory Diseases, S Maria Hospital, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Department of Infection, University College London Medical School, London, UK; Section of Respiratory Diseases, S Maria Hospital, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Department of Infection, University College London Medical School, London, UK
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Justin O’Grady Department of Infection, University College London Medical School, London, UK; Department of Infection, University College London Medical School, London, UK
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Markus Maeurer Department of Infection, University College London Medical School, London, UK; Department of Infection, University College London Medical School, London, UK
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Alimuddin Zumla Karolinska Institute, MTC, Laboratory Medicine & Karolinska Hospital, CAST, Stockholm, Sweden; Karolinska Institute, MTC, Laboratory Medicine & Karolinska Hospital, CAST, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 483-486 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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