Low paediatric tuberculosis case detection rate in Southern Mozambique.

Eur Respir J

Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Maputo, Mozambique Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona (ISGLOBAL), Barcelona, Spain Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Published: March 2016

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