TB and prisons: confinement does not contain the disease

Affiliations

¹ Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa.
² Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Galliera Hospital, Genova, Italy.

Editorial

L Tavoschi et al. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 1;25(6):424-426.

doi: 10.5588/ijtld.21.0237.

¹ Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa.
² Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Galliera Hospital, Genova, Italy.

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