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EDITORIAL

Tuberculosis, public health and gathering new evidence to guide control efforts

Amanda Christensen A , Chris Lowbridge A , Guy B. Marks B and Vitali Sintchenko C D E
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A Health Protection NSW

B Department of Respiratory Medicine, Liverpool Hospital

C Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital

D Sydney Institute for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney

E Corresponding author. Email: Vitali.Sintchenko@swahs.health.nsw.gov.au

NSW Public Health Bulletin 24(1) 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1071/NB12124
Published: 15 July 2013


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