Screening for latent tuberculosis: the way forward for tuberculosis elimination

Eskild Petersen^{1

2}, Amina Al Jardani³, Fatma Al Yaquobi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
² European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infections Task force, Basel, Switzerland.
³ Central Public Health Laboratories, Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Oman.
⁴ TB and Acute Respiratory Section, Department of Communicable Disease, Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Oman.

Editorial

Eskild Petersen et al. Reumatologia. 2022.

. 2022;60(6):363-365.

doi: 10.5114/reum.2022.123666. Epub 2022 Dec 30.

Eskild Petersen^{1

2}, Amina Al Jardani³, Fatma Al Yaquobi⁴

¹ Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
² European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infections Task force, Basel, Switzerland.
³ Central Public Health Laboratories, Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Oman.
⁴ TB and Acute Respiratory Section, Department of Communicable Disease, Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Oman.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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