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Tuberculosis relapse is more common than reinfection in Beijing, China.
Infectious diseases (London, England) - 1 Jan 2000
Liu Yi, Zhang Xu Xia, Yu Jia Jia, Liang Chen, Xing Qing, Yao Cong, Li Chuan You
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BACKGROUND: Recurrent tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem in countries with a high TB burden. It is very necessary to elucidate the situation of recurrent TB in Beijing, capital of China. OBJECTIVE: To determine the proportion of recurrent tuberculosis (TB) cases and to identify relapsed or reinfected cases, as well as risk factors associated with recurrence in Beijing. METHODS: We conducted a...
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