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Comment
. 2017 Feb;36(2):241-242.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001408.

Re: "It May Be Too Early to Try to Prove the Effect of Deworming on Tuberculin Reactivity"

Marieke M Van der Zalm  1 , Nelda van Soelen, Anna M Mandalakas, Marc Jacobsen, Anne K Detjen, Florian M Marx, Harleen M S Grewal, Mark F Cotton, Gerhard Walzl, Anneke C Hesseling
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Re: "It May Be Too Early to Try to Prove the Effect of Deworming on Tuberculin Reactivity"

Marieke M Van der Zalm et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 Feb.
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