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Editorial
. 2018 Apr;44(2):73-76.
doi: 10.1590/s1806-37562017000000449.

Eliminating tuberculosis in Latin America: making it the point

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Raquel Duarte  1 , Denise Rossato Silva  2 , Adrian Rendon  3 , Tatiana Galvẫo Alves  4 , Marcelo Fouad Rabahi  5 , Rosella Centis  6 , Afrânio Kritski  7 , Giovanni Battista Migliori  6
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Editorial

Eliminating tuberculosis in Latin America: making it the point

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Raquel Duarte et al. J Bras Pneumol. 2018 Apr.
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Figure 1
Figure 1. Incidence of reported cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and associated mortality in Mexico (per 100,000 population in 2016 and 2015, respectively), by state. Obtained from the Mexican Ministry of Health.
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