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Editorial
. 2021 Jun 15;203(12):1460-1461.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202101-0131ED.

New Diagnostics to Infer Risk in Tuberculosis: Is the Term "Latent Tuberculosis Infection" Obsolete?

Patricio Escalante  1 , John W Wilson  1
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Editorial

New Diagnostics to Infer Risk in Tuberculosis: Is the Term "Latent Tuberculosis Infection" Obsolete?

Patricio Escalante et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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