Intensified Case Finding for Tuberculosis in Prevention of Mother-to-child Transmission Programs: a Simple and Potentially Vital Addition for Maternal and Child Health

Overview

Journal J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2009 Jan 10

PMID 19131888

Citations 18

Authors

Andrea DeLuca

Richard E Chaisson

Neil A Martinson

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