High yield of new HIV diagnoses during active case-finding for tuberculosis
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Evaluation of Active Case Finding (ACF) of Tuberculosis in Slums Population in North of Iran
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: AIDS
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0269-9370
DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002354