Decline in prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection: is the waning of tuberculin reaction a factor?

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Chi Chiu Leung et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008.

. 2008 Sep 15;178(6):651-2; author reply 652-3.

doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.178.6.651a.

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