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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Tuberculosis Surveillance in Romania Among Vulnerable Risk Groups Between 2015 and 2017

Ioana Munteanu1 Department of Pneumology, Marius Nasta Institute of Pneumology, Bucharest, Romania
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Nicoleta Cioran1 Department of Pneumology, Marius Nasta Institute of Pneumology, Bucharest, Romania;2 3 Department – Complementary Sciences, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, RomaniaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rob van Hest3 Department of Tuberculosis Control, Regional Public Health Service Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands;4 Department of Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis, University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, The Netherlands
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Ibrahim Abubakar5 Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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Alistair Story6 Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, UK;7 Find and Treat, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Domnica Chiotan1 Department of Pneumology, Marius Nasta Institute of Pneumology, Bucharest, Romania
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Gerard de Vries8 KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands;9 Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Beatrice Mahler1 Department of Pneumology, Marius Nasta Institute of Pneumology, Bucharest, Romania;10 4 Department – Cardio-Thoracic Pathology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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Pages 439-446 | Published online: 20 Apr 2022

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