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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in Healthcare Settings: Is It Influenced by Coinfection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Kenneth G. Castro  and
Samuel W. Dooley
Kenneth G. Castro*
Affiliation:
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for Prevention Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Samuel W. Dooley
Affiliation:
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for Prevention Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for Prevention Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , February 1993 , pp. 65 - 66
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1993

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