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Editorial
. 2017 Oct 15;65(8):1410-1411.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cix508.

Keeping Up With a World in Motion: Screening Strategies for Migrating Populations

Susan T Cookson  1 , Susan A Maloney  2
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Editorial

Keeping Up With a World in Motion: Screening Strategies for Migrating Populations

Susan T Cookson et al. Clin Infect Dis. .
No abstract available

Keywords: asylum seekers; migrants; migration; tuberculosis; tuberculosis screening.

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Conflict of interest statement

Potential conflicts of interest. Both authors: No reported conflicts of interest. Both authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.

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