High  rate of completion of preventive therapy for latent tuberculosis infection  among asylum seekers in a Swiss Canton

Apostolos Sarivalasis; Patrick Bodenmann; Elisabeth Langenskiold; Caroline Lutchmaya- Flick; Oscar Daher; Jean-Pierre Zellweger

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High rate of completion of preventive therapy for latent tuberculosis infection among asylum seekers in a Swiss Canton. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2013 Aug. 25 [cited 2026 Apr. 24];143(3536):w13860. Available from: https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/1739

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