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Transmission of tuberculosis among people living in the border areas of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.
Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej - 1 Jan 2016
Kozińska Monika, Zientek Jerzy, Augustynowicz-Kopeć Ewa, Zwolska Zofia, Kozielski Jerzy
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INTRODUCTION: In 2007, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia joined the Schengen Agreement, abolishing restrictions on people crossing the borders. Currently, these areas are places of population movements for economic, family, and touristic reasons. This favors the transmission of infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, and requires enhanced control over the spread of the source of infection in the...
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