Tuberculosis transmission in Botswana

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. 2001 Oct;39(10):3815-6.

doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.10.3815-3816.2001.

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Molecular and conventional epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Botswana: a population-based prospective study of 301 pulmonary tuberculosis patients.
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