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Tuberculosis Contact Tracing Among Healthcare Workers: Source-Case Selection, Method of Tracing, and Outcome of Follow-Up

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Joseph Baran Jr ,
Hitpreet Sanghera  and
Kad Khatib
Joseph Baran Jr
Affiliation:
St John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
Hitpreet Sanghera
Affiliation:
St John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
Kad Khatib
Affiliation:
St John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , March 1999 , pp. 160 - 161
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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