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The incidence of tuberculosis transmission among family members and outside households.
Pneumonologia i alergologia polska - 1 Jan 2016
Kozińska Monika, Augustynowicz-Kopeć Ewa
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INTRODUCTION: The risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) infection is correlated with the concentration of infectious particles and exposure time. In closed populations, healthy people staying in very frequent, close and prolonged contact with a smear-positive person, become infected and represent another link in the chain of transmission of the disease. Therefore, in the fight against tuberculosis, an...
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