Inclusion of latent tuberculosis infection as a separate entity into the international classification of diseases

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 588-

  Tebruegge, Marc ^a,b,c   Salo, Eeva ^d   Ritz, Nicole ^c,e   Kampmann, Beate ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g MRC Unit   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; ICD-11; INFECTION RISK; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CODING; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; TUBERCULIN TEST; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84877626712     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202824     Document Type: Letter

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