Tuberculosis in the United Kingdom : epidemiology, immigration and control

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a public health concern in high-income countries, such as the UK, with disease notifications primarily, and disproportionately, occurring in foreign-born immigrants who have a higher TB incidence than the local-born population. Underlying this epidemiology is the sy...

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Main Author: Pareek, Manish
Other Authors: Lalvani, Ajit ; Garnett, Geoffrey ; White, Peter
Published: Imperial College London 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.555906