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. 2015 Mar;21(3):539-40.
doi: 10.3201/eid2103.140789.

Mycobacterium bovis BCG-associated osteomyelitis/osteitis, Taiwan

Nan-Chang Chiu, Meng-Chin Lin, Wen-Li Lin, Shin-Yi Wang, Hsin Chi, Li-Min Huang, Ren-Bin Tang, Yhu-Chering Huang, Ching-Chuan Liu, Fu-Yuan Huang, Tzou-Yien Lin

Mycobacterium bovis BCG-associated osteomyelitis/osteitis, Taiwan

Nan-Chang Chiu et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Mar.
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Number of patient applications for compensation as a result of Mycobacterium bovis BCG osteomyelitis/osteitis to vaccine injury compensation program, Taiwan, 1998–2012.
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