The cascade of care for household contacts of people with drug-resistant TB.
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SUBMITTER: Gomes I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10115168 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb
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The cascade of care for household contacts of people with drug-resistant TB.
Gomes I I Garg T T Churchyard G G Gupta A A Hesseling A C AC Swindells S S Gurupira W W Martel B B Mbata L L Patil S S Riviere C C Tonquin M M Dowdy D D Sohn H H
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 20230201 2
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